> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # A $32.8M Monet Leads Christie's London Sale and Napoleon's Hat Sells for $406,000 - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/transactions-christies-sothebys-art-basel-napoleon-hat/ - Published: 2018-06-21T21:00:41.000Z - Updated: 2025-11-24T16:24:59.000Z - Description: Plus the Fairfield University Art Museum gets a gift of more than 1,500 prints and the Cleveland Museum of Art acquired paintings by Dirck van Baburen and Emma Amos. - Author: Benjamin Sutton - Tags: News, Transactions, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-18 14:37 (2018) ![Claude Monet, "La Gare Saint-Lazare, vue extérieure" (1877), oil on canvas, 23 3/4 x 31 5/8 in, sold for £24,983,750 ($32,828,648) at Christie's London evening sale of Impressionist and Modern Art on June 20, 2018 (image courtesy Christies Images Ltd. 2018)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2018/06/transactions-christies-monet-saint-lazare.jpg) Claude Monet, “La Gare Saint-Lazare, vue extérieure” (1877), oil on canvas, 23 3/4 x 31 5/8 in, sold for £24,983,750 ($32,828,648) at Christie’s London evening sale of Impressionist and Modern Art on June 20, 2018 (image courtesy Christies Images Ltd. 2018) [*Transactions*](https://hyperallergic.com/tag/transactions/) *is a weekly collection of sales, acquisitions, and other deals.* [*Subscribe*](http://hyperallergic.com/newsletter?utm%5Fsource=page&utm%5Fcampaign=artmovements) *to receive these posts as part of the weekly Art Movements newsletter.* ![Franz Marc, "Drei Pferde" (1912), gouache on card, 13 1/4 x 18 3/4 in, sold for £15,421,250 at Christie's evening sale of Impressionist and Modern art on June 20, 2018 (image courtesy Christies Images Ltd. 2018)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2018/06/transactions-christies-franz-marc.jpg) Franz Marc, “Drei Pferde” (1912), gouache on card, 13 1/4 x 18 3/4 in, sold for £15,421,250 at Christie’s evening sale of Impressionist and Modern art on June 20, 2018 (image courtesy Christies Images Ltd. 2018) “[La Gare SaintLazare, vue extérieure](https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/claude-monet-la-gare-saint-lazare-vue-exter-6155251-details.aspx?from=salesummery&intobjectid=6155251&sid=acb6d80b-a922-40e9-85b0-fa9a4ddd1668&ref=hyperallergic.com),” an 1877 streetscape by **Claude Monet**, was the top lot at **Christie’s** evening sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in London on Wednesday, hammering down for £24,983,750 ($32,828,648). The sale, which brought in a total of £128,081,750 ($168,299,420), also set a new auction record for a work by the German Expressionist **Franz Marc**, whose colorful gouache painting “[Drei Pferde](https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/franz-marc-drei-pferde-6155240-details.aspx?from=salesummery&intobjectid=6155240&sid=acb6d80b-a922-40e9-85b0-fa9a4ddd1668&ref=hyperallergic.com)” (1912) sold for £15,421,250 ($20,263,523), well above its £2.5–3.5 million pre-sale estimate. [**Sotheby’s**](http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/BID/4531920495x0x981918/B1F13195-763C-4642-9B23-332A726F707E/Impressionist%5FModern%5FPost-Sale%5FPR%5FJune%5F2018.pdf?ref=hyperallergic.com) sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in London on Tuesday evening brought in a total of £87.5 million ($115.7 million), with **Pablo Picasso**‘s portrait painting “Buste de femme de profil (Femme écrivant)” (1932) notching the night’s highest price at £27.3 million ($36.1 million). The evening’s second most expensive lot proved to be **Alberto Giacometti**‘s feline bronze, “Le Chat” (1955), which brought £12.6 million ($16.7 million). ![Hat traditionally attributed to Napoleon (photo © De Baecque & Associés)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2018/06/transactions-napoleon-hat-debaecque.jpg) Hat traditionally attributed to Napoleon (photo © De Baecque & Associés) A hat widely believed to have belonged to [**Napoleon**](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/world/europe/napoleon-hat-auction-waterloo.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) fetched €350,000 (\~$406,000) in a sale at the Lyon auction house of [**De Baecque et Associés**](http://www.debaecque.fr/html/fiche.jsp?id=8988030&np=2&lng=fr&npp=100&ordre=1&aff=1&r=&ref=hyperallergic.com). A Dutch captain named **Baron Arnoud van Zuijlen van Nijevelt** picked up the two-cornered military hat from the battlefield at Waterloo in 1815, one of Napoleon’s most famous military defeats. The diminutive French emperor went through 120 such hats during his lifetime. ![The Lévy Gorvy booth at Art Basel 2018, including a painting by Joan Mitchell (photo © Art Basel)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2018/06/transactions-levy-gorvy-joan-mitchell.jpg) The Lévy Gorvy booth at Art Basel 2018, including a painting by Joan Mitchell (photo © Art Basel) A slew of works traded hands at the 2018 edition of [**Art Basel**](https://news.artnet.com/market/art-basel-sales-2018-1301573?ref=hyperallergic.com), including **Philip Guston**‘s 1955 painting “The Visit” (1955) for reportedly over $14 million, four paintings by **Joan Mitchell** with price tags ranging from $6 million to $14 million, and an early Louise Bourgeois sculpture, “The Three Graces” (1947), for $4.75 million. ![Eugène Delacroix, "Faust in his Study (Goethe's 'Faust')" (1828), lithograph (courtesy Fairfield University Art Museum)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2018/06/transactions-fairfield-uni-eugene-delacroix.jpg) Eugène Delacroix, “Faust in his Study (Goethe’s ‘Faust’)” (1828), lithograph (courtesy Fairfield University Art Museum) The [**Fairfield University Art Museum**](https://www.fairfield-sun.com/69785/fairfield-university-art-museum-receives-gift-from-james-m-reed/?ref=hyperallergic.com) was gifted the James M. Reed Print Collection, which includes more than 1,500 prints collected by the artist and master printer **James Reed**. The collection spans Old Master works by **Théodore Géricault** and **Eugène Delacroix** to contemporary pieces by **Robert Rauschenberg** and **Claes Oldenburg**. ![Per Krafft the Younger, "Belisarius" (1799), oil on canvas, 125 X 94 cm (photo by Cecilia Heisser, courtesy Nationalmuseum)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2018/06/transactions-nationalmuseum-per-krafft-younger.jpg) Per Krafft the Younger, “Belisarius” (1799), oil on canvas, 125 X 94 cm (photo by Cecilia Heisser, courtesy Nationalmuseum) Sweden’s [**Nationalmuseum**](http://www.mynewsdesk.com/nationalmuseum/pressreleases/nationalmuseum-has-acquired-a-key-work-in-swedish-neoclassicism-2546376?ref=hyperallergic.com) acquired **Per Krafft the Younger**‘s portrait of the Byzantine general Belisarius. According to one popular story, Emperor Justinian ordered Belisarius’s eyes pulled out, and Krafft rendered the general as a blind beggar. ![Graciela Iturbe, "Casa de la Muerte, Ciudad de México" (1975) (courtesy the artist and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2018/06/transactions-mfa-boston-graciela-iturbe.jpg) Graciela Iturbe, “Casa de la Muerte, Ciudad de México” (1975) (courtesy the artist and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) The **Museum of Fine Arts, Boston** acquired 37 photographs by the Mexican photographer [**Graciela Iturbide**](https://www.mfa.org/news/graciela-iturbide-photography-acquisition?ref=hyperallergic.com) — two of which were donated by the artist, the rest of which were bought. The entire acquisition will be featured in *Graciela Iturbide’s Mexico*, an exhibition slated to open in January 2019. The Petau Book of Hours, illuminated around 1495, was the star lot of [**Drouot**‘s](https://www.drouot.com/news/actuDetaillee/63643?isPress=&ref=hyperallergic.com) June 16 auction of Medieval and Renaissance Writings, fetching €4,290,000 (\~$5 million). The sale brought in a total of €10,012,187 (\~$11.6 million). ![James Ivory, Editing notebook for the film Maurice (1987) (courtesy the Morgan Library & Museum, New York)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2018/06/transactions-morgan-library-james-ivory.jpg) James Ivory, Editing notebook for the film Maurice (1987) (courtesy the Morgan Library & Museum, New York) Filmmaker **James Ivory** has donated his personal collection of scripts, correspondence, notebooks, and books to the [**Morgan Library & Museum**](http://host.themorgan.org/press/JamesIvoryInstallationPressRelease.pdf?ref=hyperallergic.com). The gift includes material related to 32 films, like the director’s annotated copy of **André Aciman**‘s book *Call Me by Your Name*, and Ivory’s editing notebook for his 1987 film [*Maurice*](https://youtu.be/KNVBCKyNZUY?ref=hyperallergic.com). A selection of the donated objects will be showcased in *A Merchant Ivory Production*, an installation opening next week. ![The Speed Mansion at 505 West Ormsby Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky, was recently acquired by the Kentucky College of Art + Design. (photo by Laura Rice, courtesy Kentucky Select Properties)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2018/06/transactions-kycad-speed-mansion.jpg) The Speed Mansion at 505 West Ormsby Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky, was recently acquired by the Kentucky College of Art + Design. (photo by Laura Rice, courtesy Kentucky Select Properties) The [**Kentucky College of Art + Design**](https://insiderlouisville.com/lifestyle%5Fculture/arts-and-entertainment/kycad-acquires-historic-speed-mansion-doubles-its-size/?ref=hyperallergic.com) (KyCAD) acquired the historic Speed Mansion in Louisville, effectively doubling the [newly independent](http://www.wave3.com/story/37999630/kycad-on-track-to-become-kentuckys-first-independent-art-college?ref=hyperallergic.com) school’s footprint. The 16,474-square-foot mansion is the former home of **J.B. Speed**, the businessman and philanthropist who founded the **Speed Art Museum**. For most of the last 30 years it has served as a law office. ![Emilio Cruz, "Floating Figures," oil on canvas, sold for $17,500 at Swann Auction Galleries on June 14, 2018 (image courtesy of Swann Auction Galleries)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2018/06/transactions-swann-emilio-cruz.jpg) Emilio Cruz, “Floating Figures,” oil on canvas, sold for $17,500 at Swann Auction Galleries on June 14, 2018 (image courtesy of Swann Auction Galleries) The June 14 sale of American art at [**Swann Auction Galleries**](https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/asp/searchresults.asp?pg=1&sale%5Fno=2482&st=D&viewby=pricerealized%5Fhigh&ps=10&ref=hyperallergic.com) made a total of $1,108,921, setting a new auction record for the Cuban-American painter **Emilio Cruz** in the process. His painting “[Floating Figures](https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/asp/fullCatalogue.asp?salelot=2482+++++200+&refno=++747222&saletype=&ref=hyperallergic.com)” sold for $17,500, several times its pre-sale estimate of $1,500–2,500. ![Diana Cherbuliez, "Reclamation" (2017), wasp and hornets’ nests, PVA glue, magnets, 6 x 18 1/4 x 9 3/4 in (courtesy of the artist and Grant Wahlquist Gallery, Portland, Maine)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2018/06/transactions-worcester-museum-diana-cherbuliez.jpg) Diana Cherbuliez, “Reclamation” (2017), wasp and hornets’ nests, PVA glue, magnets, 6 x 18 1/4 x 9 3/4 in (courtesy of the artist and Grant Wahlquist Gallery, Portland, Maine; photo by Luke Eder) The [**Worcester Art Museum**](https://mailchi.mp/29d713c679dd/diana-cherbuliez-acquisition-current-and-upcoming-exhibitions?e=059b500481&ref=hyperallergic.com) acquired **Diana Cherbuliez**‘s sculpture “Reclamation” (2017), which is made of hornet and wasp nests and hangs from the gallery ceiling. The archive of photographer [**Brian Duffy**](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/20/david-bowie-aladdin-sane-allbum-photograph-donated-victoria-albert-museum?ref=hyperallergic.com) donated a print from the photo session for **David Bowie**‘s *Alladin Sane* album cover to the **Victoria & Albert Museum**. The gift marks the [two millionth visitor](https://vanda-production-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/2018/06/21/11/53/02/72bcd1c9-df52-43ed-85d5-2da8c8e7c9e9/David%20Bowie%20Is%20welcomes%202%20million%20visitors.pdf?ref=hyperallergic.com) to the traveling exhibition [*David Bowie is*](https://hyperallergic.com/142435/david-bowie-is-everywhere/), which originated at the V&A in 2013 and is currently on its final leg at the [**Brooklyn Museum**](https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/davidbowieis?ref=hyperallergic.com). ![Emma Amos, "Sandy and Her Husband" (1973), oil on canvas, 44 1/4 x 50 1/4 in (courtesy the Cleveland Museum of Art)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2018/06/transactions-cleveland-museum-emma-amos.jpg) Emma Amos, “Sandy and Her Husband” (1973), oil on canvas, 44 1/4 x 50 1/4 in (courtesy the Cleveland Museum of Art) The [**Cleveland Museum of Art**](http://www.clevelandart.org/about/press/media-kit/cleveland-museum-art-announces-new-acquisitions-9?ref=hyperallergic.com) announced an eclectic batch of five new acquisitions: a 19th-century carved bow stand from the Democratic Republic of Congo, an ornate Fabergé cigar box, a Mannerist drawing by the Netherlandish artist **Johannes Stradanus**, a portrait of a violin player by the Caravaggesque painter **Dirck van Baburen**, and **Emma Amos**‘s 1973 painting “Sandy and Her Husband.” ![House of Fabergé, "Cigar Box" (ca 1900), silver-gilt, enamel, sapphire mounted in gold, 20.2 x 13.5 x 4.2 cm (courtesy the Cleveland Museum of Art)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2018/06/transactions-cleveland-museum-cigar-box.jpg) House of Fabergé, “Cigar Box” (ca 1900), silver-gilt, enamel, sapphire mounted in gold, 20.2 x 13.5 x 4.2 cm (courtesy the Cleveland Museum of Art)