Impressionist Modern American and Latin American Art Christies May 2017

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London
- Olivier Camu
  
  Deputy Chairman, Senior International Manager
  
  Olivier Camu
  
  Deputy Chairman, Senior International Director
  
  In 2007 Olivier was appointed Caput of the London Department, a position he held until 2009. He enjoyed considerable success in this role. In June 2008 the Impressionist Evening sale reached new heights, achieving £144.5m ($285m) thanks to the Miller Drove from Columbus, Indiana - for a long time the highest total for whatever Impressionist and Modern Art sale in European auction history. In that sale Monet's 'Nympheas' sold for £41m ($82m) a world tape then not only for Monet, but for whatsoever Impressionist painting at auction. He besides played a key part in the consignment of single major paintings such every bit Gauguin's '50'homme à la hache', which sold for the world record cost of $40m in New York in November 2006, and Degas' pastel 'Danseuses à la barre' which sold for £13.5m ($26.5m) in 2008.
  
  In 2012 Olivier was appointed Deputy Chairman of the department. He has since then been responsible for several major sales such as the Hubertus Wald Charitable Foundation collection from Hamburg, which was a backbone of the London February 2012 evening sales and witnessed several world tape prices. In 2014 he was responsible for the sale of the unnamed 'Modern Masterworks from a Private Swiss Collection', which included world record masterpieces such as Juan Gris 'La nappe à carreaux' of 1915, which sold for a double world record cost of £35m ($57m) equally well as Carlo Carra'due south 'Solitudine' from circa 1917-26, which sold for a record £3m ($5m).
  
  In 2015 Olivier was responsible for the consignment of Picasso'due south 'Les Femmes d'Alger' of 1955, which sold for $180m, not only beating the previous tape price of $108m, but also establishing the world tape price for any work of art at auction; he was likewise responsible for the sale of Mondrian'southward 'Composition Three' from 1929, which achieved the new world record of $50m, and the anonymous Belgian drove 'Reality and Surreality' which included Bacon's 'Fundamental Rouge' and fetched $45m while the total collection sold for $120m (£75m), more often than not in February 2015 in London: as well as beingness responsible for the consignment of the anonymous 'Figuration and Abstraction: works from a private European collection', which besides sold in February 2015 for £42m ($64m), with Miro'south 1950 'Painting (Women, Room, Birds)' estimated at £4-7m and selling for £15.5 ($25m), a world record for any mail-state of war Miro.
  
  Olivier has been responsible for helping Christie'southward achieve a dominant position in the Surrealist and Italian 20th Century Art yearly sales in London since their inception in 2000. While Olivier stopped running the Italian sale in 2008, he successfully continues to run 'The Art of The Surreal sale' which is globe renowned and is the leading sale for such art worldwide and the merely one to take place regularly in London every February. As event Christie's holds a 77% market share in that auction format. In 2015 his Surrealist sale achieved a highpoint when Christie'southward registered 80% marketplace share against our competitors. That sale at £66.5m ($101m) achieved the highest sold total for any Surrealist auction in auction history.
- Dirk Boll
  
  Deputy Chairman, 20th and 21st Century Art, EMEA
  
  Dirk Boll
  
  Deputy Chairman, 20th and 21st Century Art, EMEA
  
  Dirk Boll studied law in Göttingen and Freiburg (Br.) and had his judicial traineeship at the College Court in Stuttgart and the German language Chamber of Commerce in Brussels. A post graduate study in Art Management in Stuttgart-Ludwigsburg earned him a Main of Art degree. He wrote his Ph.D. thesis on distribution systems for art and the legal framework of the international fine art marketplace.
  
  He joined Christie'south in 1998 in London in the Contemporary Fine art Department. Post-obit four years as a German Christie'southward representative based in Stuttgart, he moved to the Zürich office in end of 2004 to accept over the position of Managing Director of Christie'southward International AG, Switzerland. In 2011 he was appointed European Managing Manager and moved his function to Christie's London, King Street. 2017-2022 he served as President Christie's EMEA (Europe & Britain, Middle Eastward, Africa). In March 2022 Dirk joined the 20th/21st Century Art cluster in London as Deputy Chairman. He besides oversees Christie'south Education globally.
  
  Dirk Boll is also a lecturer at the Academy of Hamburg on the discipline of Art Direction. He publishes regularly in various daily papers and international magazines and has a quarterly column in the Swiss newspaper Handelszeitung. Since 2009 he published seven books on various aspects of the art markets, collecting or museum development (with Hatje Cantz/Berlin). In 2015 he launched a publication on "Auctioneers who made Fine art History". His book "Art for Auction – a Candid View of the Art Market" (2017) combines his background in police with his current professional area, analysing the legal and economical ground for and the distribution systems of the art marketplace. His view on the postal service-Corona art markets were published in December 2020 ("What'southward unlike this time? Economical Crunch and Art Market 1990/2001/2009/2020")
- Giovanna Bertazzoni
  
  Vice-Chairman, 20th - 21st Century Department
  
  Giovanna Bertazzoni
  
  Vice-Chairman, 20th - 21st Century Department
  
  Giovanna Bertazzoni is Vice-Chairman, 20th - 21st Century Section, leading the squad of Impressionist and Modern Fine art Specialists as well every bit collaborating with the Mail service-State of war and Gimmicky team to present innovative cross-category sales to the global marketplace.
  
  Giovanna oversaw the Impressionist and Modernistic Fine art Section'due south global expansion in Asia, and was instrumental in selling the first Picasso ever offered in Mainland China, during Christie's countdown sale in Shanghai in September 2013. Giovanna's dynamic leadership brought her team to great success in the landmark sale 'Looking Frontwards to the By' at Christie's in New York, in May 2015, which saw Les femmes d'Alger (Version 'O'), 1955, past Pablo Picasso set up the World Sale Tape for Any Work of Art, when it sold for $179,365,000. Giovanna's international outlook has ensured stellar results are achieved in both London and New York, with item emphasis on Picasso portraits, such as Femme assise, robe bleue (May 2017, New York) and Femme écrivant (Marie-Thérèse) (June 2017, London).
  
  Giovanna's passion for works on paper has driven the marketplace for this intimate art form with dedicated sales at Christie'due south for 22 years. A personal highlight for Giovanna was the sale of Paul Cézanne'southward drawings and watercolours from the Chappuis Barut Drove in June 2003.
  
  In 2020, Giovanna's inventiveness and market intelligence were brought together with that of Alex Rotter and together they co-led the implementation of ONE, the outset of its kind global relay auction, alive-streamed from Christie'south salerooms in Hong Kong, Paris, London and New York. Responding to the demand to reimagine the traditional Evening Sale format every bit a issue of the COVID-nineteen virus, the innovative auction ultimately yielded the highest event for any auction that yr.
  
  Giovanna started her career at Christie'due south in 1998 and has since forged and continues to cultivate strong relationships with a global network of major private collectors, specially with collectors of works on paper, and graphic arts departments of major European and American museums.
  
  Giovanna lives in London with her married man Andrea and son Martino.
- Jussi Pylkkänen
  
  Global President
  
  Jussi Pylkkänen
  
  Global President
  
  Jussi Pylkkänen was appointed the Global President of Christie's in 2014 subsequently serving for ten years as President of Christie'south Europe, Middle E and Russia.
  
  He is a renowned specialist in the 20th Century Art field, having worked in this area for over 30 years, ten of which he served every bit Managing director of the Impressionist and Mod Paintings Department, betwixt 1995 and 2005.
  
  He is most recognised publicly as Christie's Main Auctioneer, wielding the gavel in countless sales across the globe each year and he serves equally Chairman of our Auctioneers at Christie's. Over a 20-year period, Jussi has taken major sales in every category and for many leading charities. He is maybe all-time known as the first auctioneer to break the $100 million threshold in 2014, with Bacon'south triptych of Lucian Freud, and has gone on to sell such celebrated works as Picasso'due south Femmes d'Algers for $179 million in 2015 and Modigliani'southward Nu Couche for $170 million in 2016. More recently, Jussi was in the rostrum for the stellar sale of Leonardo da Vinci'south Salvator Mundi, which striking headlines around the earth when it fetched a groundbreaking $450.3 one thousand thousand in Nov 2017. Jussi too presided over the opening Evening Sale of The Rockefeller Collection, an auction totalling $646 million, selling 100% by lot and value. The Rockefeller Collection overall went on to set 22 records, and Christie's established a new level for any single possessor Drove sale, a defining moment in the art marketplace and in the history of the Company. Since 2013, Jussi has presided over the auction of $14.v billion of fine art.
  
  Jussi has an MBA in English language Literature from Oxford Academy, is an alumnus of Christie's Education, a Trustee of The Dulwich Picture Gallery, an Honorary Fellow of Male monarch's College, Wimbledon, a regular public speaker, a dandy fly-fisherman and a collector of Scandinavian 20th Century Glass.
- John Lumley
  
  Vice Chairman, Europe
  
  John Lumley
  
  Vice Chairman, Europe
- Jay Vincze
  
  Head of Private Sales, Europe
  
  Jay Vincze
  
  Head of Individual Sales, Europe
  
  Jay joined Christie'south in 1998 after graduating with a Master'southward degree in History of Fine art from the University of Cambridge. In 1999 he became a specialist in the Impressionist and Modern Art department and subsequently assumed responsibility for the Day sales. Jay was appointed International Managing director in 2011 and Head of the London department in Feb 2013. Every bit well equally managing the London team, Jay'southward function as Caput of the Evening Sale sees him sourcing concern and developing superlative client relationships throughout Europe. Recently Jay oversaw the record breaking February 2014 evening auction, which, at £179.9million, became the largest sale always held in London in any category.
- Keith Gill
  
  Head of Evening Sale
  
  Keith Gill
  
  Head of Evening Sale
  
  Keith Gill has been Head of the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale in London since February 2018. Keith began his career at Christie's in 2010, working in the Estates, Appraisals & Valuations team before moving to the Impressionist and Mod Art Department, where he has worked in each sale category from the Impressionist & Modern Art and Picasso Ceramics sales at S Kensington, to heading both the Works on Paper and Day Sale at King Street. Since taking over responsibility for the Evening Sale, Keith has overseen the auction of a number of record breaking works including Franz Marc's Drei Pferde in June 2018 and Paul Signac's Le Port au Soleil Couchant and Gustave Caillebotte's Chemin montant in Feb 2019 – all achieving multiples of previous sale records. Keith's role every bit Head of the Evening Auction sees him sourcing business concern and developing top client relationships throughout Europe, with a particular emphasis on Germany. Prior to joining Christie's, Keith worked in corporate finance advisory in the retail and consumer sectors for twelve years. Keith holds a Masters caste in History of Art from the University of Glasgow and a Masters degree in Economics & Management from Oxford University.
- Michelle McMullan
  
  Senior Specialist
  
  Michelle McMullan
  
  Senior Specialist
  
  Michelle McMullan is a Senior Specialist in the Impressionist and Modern Art team, London.
  
  Michelle works closely with the international Day, Evening and Individual Sales teams, responsible for appraising artworks and collections for each of these business organization channels. Michelle focuses on cultivating customer relationships and advising clients on consignments and acquisitions, with a particular analogousness for those new to collecting and to the auction world. Michelle led the Impressionist and Modern Art Twenty-four hours Auction team for five years, delivering the highest grossing sale total in London for the category in 2018. In 2012, Michelle headed the record-breaking auction of Picasso Ceramics from the Madoura Pottery Collection and continues to fix new benchmarks for this aspect of Picasso'due south oeuvre. Michelle is also a key office of the dynamic team driving interest and results for the Surreal category.
  
  Michelle joined Christie's in 2009. Previously she worked in commercial manufacture while earning a B.A. in History of Art and Italian from University Higher London.
- Ottavia Marchitelli
  
  Senior Specialist
  
  Ottavia Marchitelli
  
  Senior Specialist
  
  Ottavia Marchitelli is Director, Specialist in the Impressionist and Modern Art Department in London.
  
  Ottavia drives business concern sourcing in Impressionist and 20th Century Art, focusing on business getting, art informational and auction management. Her passion engages clients and institutions alike across Europe, a knowledge base of operations she transfers into the strong results she continues to achieve for the department. As a Director, Ottavia leads the cadre Impressionist team, prioritising the sourcing of outstanding works of art for the Twenty-four hour period and Works on Newspaper Sales.
  
  Ottavia joined Christie's in 2010 and holds a Master of Science in Economic science and Management for Arts, Culture, Media and Entertainment from Bocconi University, Milan. Ottavia is fluent in English, French and Italian.
  
  Ottavia lives in London with her husband and 2 children.
- Annie Wallington
  
  Head of Day Sale
  
  Annie Wallington
  
  Head of Day Sale
  
  Annie's role as Head of the Twenty-four hours Auction sees her sourcing business concern and developing client relationships throughout Europe, advising on consignments, acquisitions and appraisals across the belatedly 19th and early on 20th centuries. Annie has a item focus on helping clients to develop their collections, and enjoys working with those new to collecting and the auction world. Annie strives to promote the work of female artists with a keen involvement in expanding their market within the impressionist & modernistic segment. Prior to heading the Day Sale, Annie was Head of Works on Paper.
  
  Annie joined the Impressionist & Modern team at King Street in March 2011, where she worked on the record-breaking sale of Picasso Ceramics from the Madoura Pottery Collection in 2012, and the highest grossing Mean solar day auction total in London for the category in 2018.
  
  Annie holds a Bachelor caste in History of Art and English from the University of Birmingham.
- Micol Flocchini
  
  Caput of Works on Paper Auction
  
  Micol Flocchini
  
  Head of Works on Paper Sale
  
  Micol is the Head of the Works on Paper Sale for the Impressionist & Mod Fine art team in London. She is currently a Specialist, Business Getter with a focus on the cadre market place and client development initiatives in Europe.
  
  Micol joined the department every bit Inquiry Intern in Nov 2010 and took on the role of Researcher in April 2012. In 2014 she was appointed Inferior Specialist for Private Sales globally, moving to the 24-hour interval sale in 2018, also focusing on business getting and customer development. Micol headed the successful online sale, Joie de Vivre, in July 2020 and the Works on Newspaper sale since November 2020.
  
  Micol holds a Master's caste in Art History from Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy, and a Primary's caste in Intellectual and Cultural Studies from the Warburg Institute in London.
- Veronica Scarpati
  
  Specialist
  
  Veronica Scarpati
  
  Specialist
- Jakob Angner
  
  Associate Specialist
  
  Jakob Angner
  
  Associate Specialist
  
  Jakob joined the Impressionist & Modern squad at King Street in 2019 with the part of researching and cataloguing for the Evening and Solar day sales. In 2020, Jakob moved to the Private Sales team where he catalogues property worldwide, aslope existence role of business organization-getting and client evolution, providing clients with appraisals and advice on the market for Impressionist & Modern Art. Prior to joining Christie's, Jakob held positions at both a fine art dealers and another international auction house in London.
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  Jakob studied History of Art at Uppsala University and holds a Bachelor degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Warwick; he is fluent in English language and Swedish.
New York
- Cyanne Chutkow
  
  Deputy Chairman
  
  Cyanne Chutkow
  
  Deputy Chairman
  
  Cyanne Chutkow, a Deputy Chairman in the Impressionist and Modern Department, is responsible for business-getting, marketing and promoting works for Impressionist and Modern sales worldwide both at auction and privately, conducting appraisals and cultivating relationships with buyers, sellers, museums and institutions.
  
  Joining Christie'due south in 1986, Ms. Chutkow has go ane of the cornerstones of the Impressionist and Modern Art Department. She was appointed the Head of the Day sales in 1996 and was instrumental in making those sales successful for nine years and has been a Senior business-getter since then. In addition to beingness a driving force in New York, she is too a driving force internationally. Ms. Chutkow helped to create the almanac sales of 19th and 20th Century Art in Tel Aviv, which took place from 1994-2008 and regularly contributes property at all levels to many departments at Christie's. Ms. Chutkow travels to Nihon 3-4 times a twelvemonth to Europe, Canada and throughout the United States, advising many of the house'due south about important clients.
  
  With 35 years of experience, Ms. Chutkow has been instrumental in attracting many major consignments to Christie's including property from a Private American Drove which has totaled $103 million to date. Other auction highlights include Henry Moore'south "Reclining Figure: Festival" which sold for $33.1 meg in 2016, establishing a new world record at sale for the artist and for whatever British sculpture; Chaim Soutine's painting "Le Boeuf" which sold for $28.two 1000000 in 2015 and set up the world record price at auction for the creative person; Alberto Giacometti's "Grande femme debout Two" which sold for a then world record price of $27.5 meg in 2008, the first work by the artist to exceed the $xx million threshold at auction; Lucian Freud's painting "Naked Portrait with Reflection" which accomplished a then globe tape toll of $23.5 million in 2008; Joan Miro'southward painting "La caresse des étoile" which ready a then world tape price of $17 million in 2008; Domenico Gnoli's painting "Black Pilus" which set up then world record price for the artist in 2014 at $11.7 1000000; Natalia Goncharova's painting "Picking Apple" which established a then earth tape toll of $nine.8 million in 2007, the first work by the artist to exceed the $5.0 million threshold; Van Ryssleberghe's painting "Barques de pêche–Méditerranée" which sold for $9.one million in 2020 and is the second highest price paid for the artist at auction.
- Conor Hashemite kingdom of jordan
  
  Deputy Chairman
  
  Conor Jordan
  
  Deputy Chairman
  
  Conor Hashemite kingdom of jordan is Deputy Chairman of the Impressionist and Modern Department. Conor joined Christie'due south in London in 1996 in the Modern British and Heritage & Tax departments, where he was instrumental in the sale to the Tate gallery of a major Mondrian. This led to a specialist role in the Impressionist & Modernistic art department in 1998. Appointed a Managing director of Christie's London in 2002, Conor was responsible for twice-yearly major sales of paintings and sculpture ranging from Corot to Picasso. In May 2006, he joined the New York team equally a Senior Specialist supporting all areas of the team's business concern getting activities and in 2009 was appointed Caput of the department, a function he fulfilled through 2011. Conor graduated from the Academy of Birmingham with a caste in Medieval and Modernistic History.
- Adrien Meyer
  
  Global Caput, Individual Sales, Co-Chairman, Impressionist & Modernistic Art
  
  Adrien Meyer
  
  Global Head, Individual Sales, Co-Chairman, Impressionist & Modernistic Art
  
  Adrien Meyer, Co-Chairman of Impressionist & Modern Art, is a pb auctioneer in New York, London, Paris, and Hong Kong. Adrien joined Christie's in 2004 and half-dozen years later moved to the Impressionist & Modernistic Art department in New York.
  
  Adrien successfully secured several game-changing consignments, some of which doubled the previous auction record for the creative person. They are Alberto Giacometti's "Diego en chemise écossaise" in 2013 which sold for $32 1000000; Manet'south "Le Printemps" in 2014 which was acquired by the Getty Museum for $65 1000000; and Max Beckman'southward "Birds' Hell" in 2017 which sold for $46 one thousand thousand. As a director and strategist for Impressionist & Modern Private Sales, Adrien also launched a series of innovative individual selling exhibitions in Asia, where he gained the trust of today's most prominent collectors. Adrien also rediscovered the individual collection of Claude Monet and, with it, initiated the first Impressionist sale to have place in Hong Kong.
  
  Adrien graduated from the Ecole du Louvre, Paris, where he specialized in Modernistic Fine art. He is fluent in French, Italian, Spanish, German and English language. The French Ministry of Justice granted Adrien the Commissaire-Priseur license assuasive him to behave auctions in Paris.
- Max Carter
  
  International Director, Caput of Department
  
  Max Carter
  
  International Director, Head of Section
  
  Max began his career at Christie'south in the Impressionist & Modern Art department in 2007 and held diverse specialist roles before becoming head of the department in 2017. A native New Yorker, he contributes regularly to the The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Times Literary Supplement. Max earned his BA from Oxford and an MBA and MA in Asian Studies from Columbia.
- William Haydock
  
  Senior Vice President, International Manager, Caput of Private Sales, Americas
  
  William Haydock
  
  Senior Vice President, International Manager, Head of Individual Sales, Americas
  
  William Haydock joined the American Art department in 2014 and works closely with clients on the assignment and purchase of fine art. Mr. Haydock maintains a potent client network throughout the The states and plays a key office in sourcing property for American art auctions in New York City besides as private sales. Equally Head of Sale he is likewise responsible for coordinating the production of the sale catalogue and the research and cataloguing of the individual works or collections.
  
  Before joining Christie's, Mr. Haydock spent near 4 years as a Specialist with the Sotheby's American Art section in New York Urban center, where he was instrumental in the sale of prominent works such as Edward Hopper'south Bridle Path, George Bellows' Tennis at Newport, Norman Rockwell'southward Muscleman, Paul Manship'due south Indian Hunter and His Dog, Milton Avery's Music Makers, among others. Mr. Haydock holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and Mathematics from Boston Higher and a Masters in Art Business from the Sotheby's Institute of Art. Following his graduation from college Mr. Haydock spent roughly three years working in finance, most recently with UBS in their Private Wealth Direction partition.
- Jessica Fertig
  
  Senior Vice President, International Managing director
  
  Jessica Fertig
  
  Senior Vice President, International Director
  
  Jessica Fertig is a Senior Vice President and Head of the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening sales in New York. Jessica joined the section in 2006 and has run the departments Evening sales since 2015. Under Jessica's leadership, the section achieved the highest total for a New York Evening sale in the category in over a decade—selling $480 million in November 2017. She has overseen record setting sales for works by Brancusi, Kandinsky, Léger, Monet and Modigliani, among others.
  
  In addition to running the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening sales, Jessica as well works with clients and estates across the Usa and Europe securing consignments for the sales internationally, conducting appraisals and advising on acquisitions. Jessica is also actively involved in matters of restitution.
  
  Jessica received a Available of Arts degree in Fine art History from Kenyon College and holds a Masters caste in Impressionism from the Courtauld Institute of Art. Prior to joining Christie's, Jessica held curatorial positions at The Phillips Drove, The Kreeger Museum, The National Museum of Wildlife Art and The Smithsonian American Art Museum.
- Vanessa Fusco
  
  Senior Vice President, Co-head of 20th Century Evening Sale
  
  Vanessa Fusco
  
  Senior Vice President, Co-head of 20th Century Evening Sale
  
  Vanessa Fusco is a Senior Vice President, Caput of Evening Sale and Caput of Sales in the Impressionist and Modernistic Fine art department in New York. Vanessa is responsible for appraising and advising clients on artworks by the foremost artists of the late 19th and first half of the 20th century. Vanessa beginning joined Christie's in 2005, belongings positions in the Books & Manuscripts and Impressionist & Modern Art departments, earlier leaving to pursue graduate piece of work. She rejoined the company in 2010, serving as Associate Managing director of Museum Services, where she oversaw Christie'south relationships with key institutions, advising on questions of collections management, appraisal needs, and ownership and selling activity.
  
  Vanessa has held previous positions in the curatorial departments at The Museum of Mod Art, the Whitney Museum of American Fine art and The Frick Collection. She received her B.A. cum laude from Vassar College, with a double major in Art History and Italian. She completed her M.A. in Art History and Archeology at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York Academy, where she is currently a PhD candidate.
- David Kleiweg de Zwaan
  
  Senior Vice President, Senior Specialist
  
  David Kleiweg de Zwaan
  
  Senior Vice President, Senior Specialist
  
  David Kleiweg de Zwaan joined the 19th Century European Fine art Department at Christie's Amsterdam in 2002. Every bit a department specialist David was closely involved with numerous auction records for paintings by leading Northern European artists as well equally landmark unmarried owner sales such as the Anton Philips Drove in 2007 and the Property from the Collection of the Princely House of Liechtenstein sale in 2008. He became an auctioneer in 2007 and was transferred to the 19th Century European Art Section in New York in 2008 before moving to the Impressionist and Modern Fine art Department in 2009. David has worked on sourcing and selling major consignments in the Impressionist and Mod Fine art category, including the Collection of Mrs. Sidney F. Brody in 2010 and Works from the Jan Krugier Collection in 2013.
  
  David is the auctioneer for of import sales of Impressionist and Modern Art, Mail-War and Gimmicky Fine art, American Art and Latin American Art, among others.
  
  David received an MA in History of Art and Aesthetics at the University of Amsterdam. During his studies he worked at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
- Sarah El-Tamer
  
  Associate Vice President, Specialist, Head of Day Sale
  
  Sarah El-Tamer
  
  Associate Vice President, Specialist, Head of Day Sale
  
  Sarah El-Tamer is an Associate Vice President and Specialist, Head of Day Sales for the Impressionist and Modern Art Department in New York. Sarah started at Christie'south in May 2010 in the Mail service-War and Contemporary Art department. She joined the Impressionist and Modern Art department in July 2011 as Expertise Coordinator, responsible for managing the hallmark of all property for the department's auctions and individual sales. In January 2013, she took on the function of Junior Specialist, responsible for cataloguing and researching all holding included in the department'due south May and November Evening sales. In June 2014, Sarah was promoted to Caput of Online Sales, successfully leading six consecutive 100% sold-by-lot "white glove" Picasso Ceramics Online Sales. Since January 2019, she has served as AVP, Specialist, Head of Day Sales, focusing on concern-getting across the sales for the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening, Works on Paper, Day and Individual Sales. Sarah received a Available of Arts degree from Columbia University in Art History and Economics. A native New Yorker with Lebanese heritage, Sarah is fluent in Arabic and French.
- Allegra Bettini
  
  Associate Vice President, Specialist, Head of Works on Paper
  
  Allegra Bettini
  
  Associate Vice President, Specialist, Caput of Works on Newspaper
  
  Allegra Bettini is an Associate Vice President, Specialist in the Impressionist and Modern Art department and Head of the Works on Newspaper Sale. Additionally, Allegra works with clients to develop their collections and advises on consignments, acquisitions and valuations for artworks across the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Allegra first joined Christie'south Impressionist and Modernistic Art department in 2012 as an Authoritative Banana. In March 2014, Allegra became a Junior Specialist responsible for cataloguing the 24-hour interval and Works on Paper Sales. From 2017-2020, Allegra led the department'due south eCommerce platform equally Head of Online Sales, overseeing the Picasso Ceramics Online Sales, which have sold 100%-by-lot since their inception in New York. Allegra has a deep love of drawings, watercolors and collages and has held her current position as Head of Works on Newspaper since 2019. Allegra earned her Bachelor of Arts from the Johns Hopkins University with Honors and Awards in History of Fine art and Entrepreneurship and Management.
- Margaux Morel
  
  Associate Specialist, Head of Online Sales
  
  Margaux Morel
  
  Acquaintance Specialist, Head of Online Sales
  
  Margaux is a Junior Specialist and Head of Online Sales for the Impressionist and Modernistic Art Department in New York. She is responsible for overseeing the section'south eCommerce platform with its market-leading Picasso Ceramics Online Sales, besides as researching and cataloguing the works in the Evening Sale, while supporting the department's business-getting efforts and international sales. Margaux started at Christie's in April 2016, as part of the Client Service team. She joined the Impressionist and Modern department in February 2018 as Expertise Coordinator, responsible for managing the authentication of all belongings for the department's auctions and private sales.
  
  Margaux earned her Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University, with a combined major in Fine art History and Visual Arts, and a concentration in Spanish. Prior to joining Christie'due south, she worked in the textile industry with an international fabric and garment supplier.
- Caitlin Dwyer
  
  Cataloguer
  
  Caitlin Dwyer
  
  Cataloguer
  
  Caitlin Dwyer is a Cataloguer in the Impressionist and Modernistic Fine art department in New York, responsible for researching works for the Mean solar day and Works on Paper sales. In 2018, Caitlin joined the Impressionist and Modern Art Department every bit the Sale Coordinator for the Day and Works on Newspaper sales. Prior to joining Christie's, Caitlin received her Available of Arts in Arts Management with honors from the College of Charleston and a Masters of Science in Art, Law and Business from Christie'south Education in London.
- Emma Boyd
  
  Private Sales Cataloguer
  
  Emma Boyd
  
  Private Sales Cataloguer
  
  Emma Boyd is the Individual Sales Cataloguer for the Impressionist and Modernistic Art section in New York. She joined the team equally the Private Sales & Section Coordinator in 2019 and, prior to joining Christie'due south, received her Bachelor of Arts from Middlebury College in Fine art History, Studio Art, and Italian.
- Emmanuelle Loulmet
  
  Cataloguer
  
  Emmanuelle Loulmet
  
  Cataloguer
  
  Emmanuelle Loulmet is a Cataloguer for the Impressionist and Modernistic Art section in New York. She is responsible for researching and cataloguing works for the Twenty-four hours and Works on Newspaper Sales. She joined the Impressionist and Mod Fine art section in November 2019 as Expertise Coordinator, managing the authentication of all property for the department's auctions and private sales, and transitioned into her role as cataloguer in Baronial 2021. Prior to joining Christie's, Emmanuelle received her Available of Arts from Dartmouth College, where she studied Comparative Politics and Art History.
Paris
- Anika Guntrum
  
  International Manager
  
  Anika Guntrum
  
  International Director
  
  After receiving her Bachelor's Caste in Art History from Mills College in California, Anika Guntrum joined the Impressionist and Modern Art department in Christie's New York in 1996. The following twelvemonth, she played a key office in the sale of the Ganz collection (€200,000,000) and the Gaffé collection in 2001 every bit well.
  
  With the opening of Christie'due south Paris saleroom in 2002, Anika relocated to Paris where she launched the Impressionist and Modernistic Art sales locally. She has greatly contributed to the growth of the Paris sales since their inception and highlights include an important painting by Edouard Manet, Nu, which in 2007 made a tape of €v,600,000 and in 2010 the stunning Caryatide sculpture past Amedeo Modigliani, which sold for €forty,000,000. She has continued to play an important role in her department'southward sales in New York and London, highlights of which include Femme au kimono past André Derain (€9,200,000) and La muse endormie by Constantin Brancusi, where in 2017 it fetched a record price of nearly $ 58,000,000.
  
  Titulaire d'une licence en histoire de l'art obtenue à Mills Higher en Californie, Anika Guntrum a rejoint le département Art Impressionniste et Moderne de Christie's New York en 1996. Un an plus tard, elle a eu un rôle déterminant dans les ventes de la collection Ganz (200 000 000 €) et de la drove Gaffé en 2001.
  
  A l'ouverture du bureau parisien de Christie's en 2002, Anika déménage dans la capitale française où elle lance les ventes d'œuvres d'art impressionnistes et modernes. Elle a eu une influence majeure dans le développement des ventes à Paris depuis leurs lancements. Dans ses ventes les plus mémorables, on compte le Nu, une peinture d'Edouard Manet, vendue en 2007 pour un montant record de €five,600,000 et en 2010, la magnifique sculpture Caryatide d'Amedeo Modigliani, adjugée 40 000 000 €.
  
  Elle a continué à jouer un rôle important au sein des ventes de son département à New York et à Londres, avec, par exemple, les ventes de Femme au kimono d'André Derain (9 200 000 €) et La muse endormie par Constantin Brancusi, qui a atteint le prix record de presque 58 000 000 $ en 2017.
- Antoine Lebouteiller
  
  Head of Section
  
  Antoine Lebouteiller
  
  Caput of Department
  
  Antoine Lebouteiller is the Caput of the Impressionist and Modernistic Art section at Christie'south France. Antoine first joined Christie's in 2009 in Paris, and has worked since 2013 at the London office equally a Specialist for the Twenty-four hours and Works on Paper sales and afterward as Director and Senior Specialist for the Evening Auction. In December 2018, he rejoined the Paris squad, leading the Avant-Garde and Works on Paper Sales.
  
  Antoine worked closely with Deputy Chairman Olivier Camu on the Art of the Surreal evening auctions and was instrumental in the record-breaking sale of the Claudel bronze group in June 2018. Furthermore, he played a seminal role for many acquisitions by major international institutions, including an of import Paul Gauguin ceramic acquired by the Musée d'Orsay during the October 2018 Unbreakable sale, of which he was the Impressionist pb.
- Léa Bloch
  
  Acquaintance specialist
  
  Léa Bloch
  
  Associate specialist
  
  Léa Bloch joined the Paris Impressionist and Modern Art department as Export and Individual Sales Coordinator in 2015. In 2017, she was appointed Junior Specialist and Cataloguer, and became Associate Specialist in 2019. Léa is responsible for cataloguing and researching all the Impressionist and Modernistic Art sales in Paris and assisting with drafting proposals for consignments and providing clients with valuations.
  In 2017 Léa worked with Adrien Meyer in organising the sale of the private drove of Claude Monet, the offset Impressionist auction ever to have place in Hong Kong.
  Léa holds a master's caste in Constabulary and Economic science from the Paris Dauphine University and a available's caste in History of Art and Archæology from La Sorbonne University, with a focus on 19th and 20th Century Art.
  
  Léa Bloch rejoint le département Art impressionniste et moderne de Paris en tant que coordinatrice des ventes privées et d'exportation en 2015. En 2017, elle est nommée spécialiste junior et catalogueuse, et devient spécialiste associée en 2019. Léa est responsable du catalogue et des recherches pour les ventes d'Art impressionniste et moderne à Paris. Elle assiste également à la rédaction des propositions d'offres pour les consignations et conseille les clients sur les estimations.
  En 2017, Léa a travaillé avec Adrien Meyer sur fifty'arrangement de la vente de la collection privée de Claude Monet, la première vente aux enchères d'Art impressionniste à Hong Kong.
  Léa détient united nations diplôme de master en Droit et Economie de fifty'Université Paris-Dauphine et une licence en Histoire de fifty'Fine art et d'Archéologie de 50'Université La Sorbonne, avec une spécialisation sur l'art du XIXe et XXe siècle.
- Valerie Didier Hess
  
  Specialist, Caput of Auction
  
  Valerie Didier Hess
  
  Specialist, Head of Sale
  
  Valérie Didier is a Specialist and Head of Sale at the Impressionist and Modern Art department, based in Paris. She began her career at Christie'south in 2005. Prior to her current position, Valérie has worked in London in the Collections section and Impressionist and Modern Fine art department, every bit well as the Russian Art department in Paris, before condign the Business organisation Manager at the Christie's Dubai role. She oversaw the bi-almanac sales of Heart Eastern Modern and Contemporary Art and Of import Watches for over eight years.
  
  Nether Valérie's leadership, the two Parisian spotlight sales Art Moderne and Art Impressionniste et Moderne have consistently achieved potent sell-through rates of over lxxx% by lot and past value. One of her most remarkable successes included the white-glove sale of the Hessel collection of Bonnard and Vuillard paintings in 2018, selling 100% by lot and exceeding its pre-auction high guess to make a total of over €5.iii million. Valérie was also responsible for the record toll for a work past Jeanne Hébuterne (€478,000 sold in March 2019, virtually eight times its pre-sale low estimate) and the 1889 cocky-portrait by Emile Bernard, acquired by the Musée d'Orsay in Oct 2019 (sold for €778,000, well-nigh double its pre-sale depression judge).
  
  In Dec 2016, Valérie co-authored with Alexandrian collector Dr. Hussam Rashwan the first catalogue raisonné on whatsoever artist from the Middle East, the founder of Modern Egyptian Art, Mahmoud Saïd (1897–¬1964), published by SKIRA. Due to her mutli-cultural upbringing, Valérie speaks fluently English, French and Italian. She likewise has an intermediate level in German and is currently learning Standard arabic.
  
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  Spécialiste et directrice des ventes du département Art Impressionniste et Moderne à Paris, Valérie Didier débuta sa carrière chez Christie's en 2005. Avant d'occuper sa position actuelle à Paris, Valérie travaillait à Londres dans les départements de Collections et Art impressionniste et Moderne, puis à Paris au département d'Art Russe avant de devenir Directrice Commerciale chez Christie's Dubai. Elle y supervisa les ventes bi-annuelles de Center Eastern Modern and Gimmicky Art et Important Watches pendant plus de huit ans. Sous sa direction, nos deux ventes phares à Paris, Art Moderne et Art impressionniste et moderne ont constamment accompli des taux records de vente de plus de 80% par lot et valeur. Un de ses plus grands succès inclut la vente en gant blanc de la Collection Hessel de peintures de Bonnard et Vuillard en 2018, avec 100% des lots vendus et dépassant l'estimation haute pour totaliser plus de 5,iii millions d'euros. Valérie fût également à l'origine des prix records d'une oeuvre de Jeanne Hébuterne (vendu à 478 000 € en mars 2019, soit presque huit fois son estimation basse) et de l'autoportrait d'Emile Bernard daté de 1889, acquis par le Musée d'Orsay en octobre 2019 (vendu à 778 000€, environ le double de son estimation basse). En décembre 2016, avec le collectionneur Dr. Hussam Rashwan d'Alexandrie, Valérie co-écrit le premier catalogue raisonné d'un artiste du Moyen Orient, le fondateur de l'fine art moderne égyptien, Mahmoud Saïd (1897–1964), publié par SKIRA. Grâce à son éducation multiculturel, Valérie parle couramment anglais, français et italien. Elle possède également united nations niveau intermédiaire en allemand et apprend actuellement l'arabe.
Amsterdam
- Jetske Homan van der Heide
  
  Senior Specialist, Senior Director
  
  Jetske Homan van der Heide
  
  Senior Specialist, Senior Managing director
  
  Jetske Homan van der Heide joined Christie'south in 1987 and established the Modern Art department in Amsterdam which has held market leadership in kingdom of the netherlands ever since. Jetske initiated the Belgian Fine art sales in Amsterdam besides as the as successful CoBrA auctions. The many highlights of her career include a globe auction tape (€486,444) for a work on newspaper by Piet Mondriaan, consigning several works by Marlene Dumas for Christie'due south New York and bringing in Picasso'southward Homme à la pipe assis et amour, which fetched £4,264,000 in London. With the auction of a Jan Toorop portrait for €818,400, Jetske accomplished the highest auction price always for a 20th century work of art sold in kingdom of the netherlands. At Christie'southward, besides every bit on the international art market, Jetske is regarded every bit the leading expert on Dutch and Belgian pre-war fine art. Jetske studied Fine art History in Groningen where she specialised in the Modern era.
Beijing
- Salome Tan Bo
  
  Vice President, Regional Manager
  
  Salome Tan Bo
  
  Vice President, Regional Director
Hamburg
- Christiane Rantzau
  
  Deputy Chairman
  
  Christiane Rantzau
  
  Deputy Chairman
Hong Kong
- Elaine Holt
  
  Senior Vice President, Senior Director
  
  Elaine Holt
  
  Senior Vice President, Senior Manager
- Imogen Kerr
  
  Specialist
Milan
- Elena Zaccarelli
  
  Senior Specialist, Head of Auction, Milan
  
  Elena Zaccarelli
  
  Senior Specialist, Caput of Sale, Milan
  
  Elena Zaccarelli is a Senior Specialist in the Modernistic and Contemporary Art Department at Christie'due south in Milan, and she is responsible for the 20th/21st Century Milan sales. Elena joined Christie's in 2010, dealing with international teams of Impressionist and Modern and Post-War and Contemporary Fine art, being formerly a auction coordinator, cataloguer, junior specialist in the aforementioned section. She is now gathering for Milan and international auctions, focusing on italian art. She has curated the sale of the "Next Chapter" Collection throughout London and New York in 2017 and played a key role in major consignments for New York Sales. Earlier she joined Christie'south, Elena studied History of Art at Università degli Studi di Bologna and worked in various art galleries in Florence. An Italian national, Elena is fluent in Italian and English.
Rome
- Mariolina Bassetti
  
  Chairman, Post-War & Gimmicky Fine art, Continental Europe and Chairman, Christie's Italia
  
  Mariolina Bassetti
  
  Chairman, Postal service-State of war & Gimmicky Art, Continental Europe and Chairman, Christie'south Italian republic
  
  Mariolina Bassetti became Caput of the Modernistic and Gimmicky Art Department in Italy in 1995, having joined the Christie's Rome role in 1987. Under her management, Christie'southward Italian republic's Modern and Contemporary Fine art sales have grown from €one million to €xvi 1000000. Since its launch in 1999, Mariolina has been in accuse of the Italian Sale, the annual and simply international auction dedicated entirely to Italian 20th Century art, held at Christie's London. On 14 October 2010 the Italian Sale achieved a new record total of £xviii,627,650 (€21,142,383), making Christie's market leaders for this category. Since May 2005, Christie'southward Italy has held the record for the most expensive work of modern art sold in Italy, with Arturo Martini's sculpture Donna che nuota sott'acqua, which achieved €2.2 million in Milan. In Feb 2007 Christie's sold the Tettamanti collection at the King Street saleroom in London. It is considered to be the most of import Italian post-war and contemporary art private collection ever sold at auction. In 2011 she became Chairman of Christie'south Italy, in addition to her previous role of International Director in the Post-War & Contemporary Art department. In April 2013 Mariolina became a member of the Global Executive Committee, formulating strategic departmental plans and leading customer initiatives in this primal collecting area of Europe. An Italian national, Mariolina is fluent in Italian French, Spanish and English.
- Renato Pennisi
  
  International Specialist, Director
  
  Renato Pennisi
  
  International Specialist, Director
  
  One of the senior members of the EMERI (Europe, Centre East, Russia and India) specialist squad of Christie'southward, Renato Pennisi is currently working every bit a Managing director and Senior Specialist of Modern and Contemporary Art in Christie's Italy. He joined Christie'south in 2001 as Junior Specialist and was and then promoted to the role of Specialist and Co-Caput of Milan Sale in 2007.
  
  From 2013, he launched a new sale format called Milan Modern and Gimmicky, a monographic sale focused on the most desirable italian artists, which from the beginning reached impressive percentage with over 90% of lots sold (and an historical result in 2015 with 100% sold).
  
  In this part, Renato achieved some of the best international auction results with artists as Lucio Fontana (sold to a private client in March 2018 for £ eight,671,250; and in October 2018 for £ 16,282,823, currently the third highest price for the artist), Piero Manzoni (sold to a private client in April 2018 for € 2,970,000 which is the highest sale result for a work of fine art sold in Italia), Emilio Vedova (sold to a private client in Nov 2008 for € 731,600, setting the artist'southward tape toll at the time of sale), as well as Giorgio Morandi (sold to a private customer in October 2015 for £ 2,546,500, currently the second highest price for the artist), Umberto Boccioni (sold to a private customer in November 2007 for € ane,866,950, setting the globe tape cost for a piece of work on paper by the artist) and Francis Salary (sold to a private client in May 2017 $ 49,812,500).
Tel Aviv
- Roni Gilat-Baharaff
  
  Director - Israel
  
  Roni Gilat-Baharaff
  
  Managing Manager - Israel
Zürich
- Jutta Nixdorf
  
  Managing Director, Senior Specialist
  
  Jutta Nixdorf
  
  Managing Director, Senior Specialist
  
  With fifteen years in the Art market, both in the sale world and as an advisor and dealer, Jutta Nixdorf brings extensive experience to bear. Having initially worked for Christie's in Stuttgart & Berlin, Jutta and then moved as a Specialist for Gimmicky Fine art to Phillips de Pury & Company, first in Berlin and so to Gallery de Pury & Luxembourg in Zurich as Manager. Since 2009 she has been a private counselor and dealer specialising in Post War & Contemporary Art, as well as Manager of the More Gallery in Giswil, Switzerland.
- Ilona Genoni Dall
  
  General Manager: Specialist Swiss Art
  
  Ilona Genoni Dall
  
  General Manager: Specialist Swiss Art
- Adèle Zahn Bodmer
  
  Business concern Evolution Manager
  
  Adèle Zahn Bodmer
  
  Business Development Manager