Sotheby's Paris Unveils Schlumberger Collection of 28 Impressionist Masterpieces Ahead of October Auction
On 17 and 18 September, Sotheby's Paris presented the Schlumberger collection, comprising 28 masterpieces of Impressionist and modern art, with an estimated value exceeding €40 million. These works, gathered by Jeanne Schlumberger (1889–1983), will be publicly exhibited for the first time from 16 to 22 October, ahead of the auction scheduled for 22 October at 6pm. A standout piece is Claude Monet's Iris (1924–1925), valued between €22 million and €30 million. The collection also includes three additional Monets and fragments of Paul Cezanne's mural, such as La Ferme (€600,000–€800,000). Meanwhile, Christie's will feature another collection valued at €30 million to €43 million, including a Monet cliff landscape (€11 million to €15 million), from 16 to 22 October at 9 avenue Matignon.
Key facts
- Sotheby's Paris unveiled the Schlumberger collection of 28 Impressionist and modern masterpieces on 17 and 18 September at 83 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
- The collection is estimated at more than €40 million and was assembled over 40 years by Jeanne Schlumberger (1889–1983)
- Free public exhibition at Sotheby's runs from 16 to 22 October, with the auction on 22 October at 6pm
- Claude Monet's Iris (1924–1925) carries the highest estimate ever for a painting at auction in France, between €22 million and €30 million
- Iris measures 160 × 180 cm and is the only canvas of that size from Monet's last decade not in a museum collection
- Three Cezanne mural fragments from the Jas de Bouffan are classified as national treasures, including La Ferme (€600,000–€800,000)
- Christie's will offer 62 works from the Paul Durand-Ruel family collection, estimated at €30 million to €43 million, also on 22 October
- The Christie's sale includes a Monet cliff landscape estimated at €11 million to €15 million, viewable at 9 avenue Matignon from 16 to 22 October
Entities
Artists
- Jeanne Schlumberger
- Marcel Schlumberger
- Claude Monet
- Michel Monet
- Katia Granoff
- Paul Cezanne
- Gustave Moreau
- Camille Claudel
- Gustave Courbet
- Eugène Delacroix
- Chaïm Soutine
- Pierre Bonnard
- Auguste Renoir
- Alfred Sisley
- Camille Pissarro
- Pablo Picasso
- Paul Durand-Ruel
- Marcel Proust
- Hokusai
- Georges Rouault
- Othon Friesz
- Mark Rothko
- Joan Mitchell
- Paul Cézanne
- Thomas Bompard
- Alberto Giacometti
- Pierre Laprade
Institutions
- Sotheby's
- Christie's
- Beaux Arts
- Sotheby's Paris
- Musée Marmottan Monet
- National Gallery
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Museum of Modern Art
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Orangerie
- Granoff's gallery
- Art Basel
- Musée Granet
- Ministère de la Culture
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Giverny
- Aix-en-Provence
- 83 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
- 9 avenue Matignon
- Jas de Bouffan
- Hong Kong
- New York
- London
- Chicago
- Cleveland
- rue Las Cases