30/08/2001

Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele’s are the highlights of the Sotheby’s German and Austrian expressionist sale to be held in London on the 10th of October. Prices range up to $ 2.17 milllion (€ 2.3 million) for Klimt’s Lady in an Armchair and the works will be shown at Sotheby’s offices in Zurich, Hamburg, Cologne, Munich, New York as well as Commerzbank AG Berlin, Alte Oper, Frankfurt and the Palais Harrach, Vienna in September before the sale in London. Phillips too will be promoting their German sale through northern Europe in September and October with the Hoener collection (which focuses on the Die Brücke movement) on sale in New York on November the 5th with the sale expected to make over $ 9 million (€ 9.8 million). Simon de Pury, Chairman of Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg, who will conduct the sale said, "Stephanie Hoener consigned the collection of her late husband as a tribute to his pioneering spirit, and we are delighted that she has entrusted us with this collection." (Andrew Moore)