The Impressionist & Modern Art auction at Koller on 28 June enjoyed excellent results, with the majority of works selling at or above their upper estimates. René Magritte’s “Les voies et moyens” was painted in 1948 for an exhibition of the artist’s work in Paris. It represents a rare departure from Magritte’s habitual style, during what he called his “Période vache”, and changed hands for CHF 440,000, against an estimate of CHF 250,000/400,000. “Paysage de Corbières” by Max Ernst, another artist from the Surrealist movement, sold for CHF 116,000, and Oskar Kokoschka’s portrait of Ann Windfohr sold for CHF 146,000, well above its pre-sale estimate of CHF 60,000/80,000. A light-flooded landscape by Alfred Sisley, “Autour de la forêt, juin”, circa 1885, fetched CHF 800,000. The Swiss Art auction on 28 June featured works by almost all of the greatest names
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