La vendita di Arte impressionista e moderna da Sotheby’s ha realizzato £96,968,000($157,543,910/€ 108,575,344)  con 32 lotti venduti su 35 offerti. Il paesaggio del Leopold Museum di Vienna ha trainato al vendita: Häuser mit bunter Wäsche (Vorstadt II)  di Egon Schiele, del 1914 è stato aggiudicato a £24,681,250 ($40,099,627/€27,635,665) (st. £22-30 milioni), raddoppiando il record precedente dell’artista. Helena Newman, Chairman, Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern ArHelena Art Department Worldwide, ha commentato: “We were thrilled with the record price achieved for Egon Schiele’s Häuser mit bunter Wäsche (Vorstadt II) and were honoured to bring this museum-quality work to auction. Tonight we saw a great depth of international bidding from all corners of the globe, including North America, Europe and Asia. Bidders competed aggressively for the opportunity to acquire highquality works from private collections, not seen on the market for decades, demonstrating the remarkable strength of the market. Tonight’s sale total brings Sotheby’s worldwide sales for Impressionist & Modern Art in 2011 to date to combined total in excess of £370 million/$600 million.”

Lotto 9

aggiudicato a: £24,681,250 ($40,099,627/€27,635,665)

stima: £22,000,000-30,000,000 Anonymous
Egon Schiele, Häuser mit bunter Wäsche (Vorstadt II) Houses with Laundry (Suburb II), 1914, oil on canvas
***RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION***