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The London auction house will hold its first
major sale of the year on March 25, "Modern Renaissance", with
Munch's "Embrace on the Beach" leading the lots with a price
estimate of 9-12 million pounds ($12.5-16.6 million).
"With the first sale of the year, after having quite a
challenging year with the pandemic, we're really back with a
strong selection of pieces," said Emma Baker, head of Sotheby's
London contemporary evening sale.
"It's been challenging, but we've managed to mass together some
incredible pieces from all over the globe."
A self-portrait of the Norwegian painter is priced at 4.5-6.5
million pounds.
Picasso's portrait of photographer Dora Maar, "Femme assise dans
un fauteuil", is expected to fetch 6.5-8.5 million pounds, while
a set of silver plates by the Spanish artist has a price tag of
1.2-1.8 million.
David Hockney's four-metre (13 ft) wide landscape "Tall Dutch
Trees After Hobbema", inspired by Meindert Hobbema's 17th
century "The Avenue at Middelharnis", is seen fetching between
6.5 and 8.5 million pounds.
Other artworks on offer include "Portrait of a Youth" by 15th
century painter Piero del Pollaiuolo, with an estimate of 4-6
million pounds.
Elusive street artist Banksy's parody canvas of a 1991 Vanity
Fair cover of actress Demi Moore, pregnant and naked, is on sale
at 2-3 million pounds.
More than two metres tall, "Original Concept for Barely Legal
Poster (after Demi Moore)" features a naked, pregnant figure
wearing a monkey mask and smoking a cigarette.
The artwork was the poster image for Banksy's "Barely Legal"
exhibition held in Los Angeles in 2006.
(Reporting by Hanna Rantala and Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing
by Mike Collett-White)
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