GOING ONCE: Greta Garbo fans unable to make the nearly $6 million offer for her East 52nd Street apartment may find soon-to-be-auctioned art from her collection more within reach.
Three canvases that once belonged to the reclusive film star will be part of Christie’s May 15 Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art. Robert Delauney’s “La femme à l’ombrelle ou La Parisienne” was “the central focal point of her living room in New York, and all of the furniture that she chose to surround the canvas played into its incredible colors,” according to her great-nephew Derek Reisfield. That work is expected to fetch between $4 million and $7 million.
Two signed canvasses that also will go under the gavel are works from Jan Alexej von Jawlensky’s “Das blasse Mädchen mit Grauen Zopfen” and Chaim Soutine’s “Femme à la poupée.” Christie’s executives estimate that the von Jawlensky is expected to be north of $1.5 million and the Soutine should be upward of $3.5 million. Noting that all three pieces “offer a particularly modern representation of women, especially for their time,” her nephew said, “This was a concept that really resonated with her. Another factor that drove her collecting tastes was color….In essence, when
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