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"SALE: Impressionist and Modern Evening SalesLOCATION: Sotheby's and Christie's LondonDATE: June 19-20ABOUT: With most of the big New York sales behind us for the season, the art market moves to London, where a whirlwind of trophies is about to hit auction blocks at Christie's and Sotheby's. The Impressionist and modern auctions are up first, with the usual cast of characters dominating the evening sales: Picasso, Mir\u00F3, Renoir, Signac, Monet.Sotheby's has been touting Joan Mir\u00F3's 1927 masterpiece  Peinture (\u00C9toile Bleue)  for several weeks. It's a beautiful work by the Surrealist, and is likely to stir up a frenzy. The \u00A315-20 million ($23.3-31 million) estimate is one of the highest ever given at Sotheby's London, and the symbol in the catalogue suggesting it's been given a pre-sale guarantee all but ensures that it will achieve a record price before bidding has even begun.Beyond the Mir\u00F3, one of the most stunning works hitting the block next week is Kees van Dongen's Fauvist  Lailla,  which features a bright green nude woman whose face is shrouded by a dark cloak. The 1908 canvas is estimated to sell for \u00A33.5-5 million ($5.4-7.8 million).The likely top seller at Christie's is Renoir's  Baigneuse  (1888), a light, Impressionist depiction of a young nude woman bathing herself which has been owned by a number of prominent European collectors over the last century and a quarter, including a French prince. The auction house estimates it will fetch \u00A312-18 million ($18.7-28 million).There are also two late Picassos on offer in the \u00A35-10 million ($7.8-15.5 million) range \u2014 the 1962  Femme au chien,  which features Picasso's second wife (never as famous as his mistresses and muses) Jacqueline Roque, and a 1949  Femme assise,  which depicts another partner of his, Fran\u00E7oise Gilot.ARTINFO is more inclined toward the many Surrealist works by Ren\u00E9 Magritte and Paul Delvaux that appear in the catalogue, especially the burnt-pink sunset image by Magritte,  Le monde des images  (1950), which is estimated to sell for \u00A32-3 million ($3.1-4.7 million), and the haunting Greek imagery of Delvaux's 1949  Le temple  (est. \u00A31.5-2.5 million, $2.3-3.9 million), which given current events in that country seems particularly prescient.OTHER INTERNATIONAL SALES:Sale: Summer Auctions&amp;nbsp;Location: Koller ZurichDate: June 18-23Sale: Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper and Day SaleLocation: Christie's LondonDate: June 21, 10:30am and 2pm, respectivelySale: Impressionist and Modern Art Day SaleLocation: Sotheby's LondonDate: June 20, 10:30amSale: George Washington's Annotated Copy of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, 1789Location: Christie's New YorkDate: June 22, 12:30pmTo see works from next week's Imp-Mod sales in London, click the slide show.[content:advertisement-center]"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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