Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale

Sale Overview

The Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale in New York brings together a carefully curated selection of important works from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Offering a compelling survey of the artists and movements that transformed the history of art, the sale celebrates a period of extraordinary artistic innovation, from Impressionism’s challenge to academic tradition to the radical experimentation of modernism.

Highlights this fall include exceptional paintings by Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Childe Hassam, Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Gabriele Münter, Édouard Manet, and Joan Miró, alongside important sculptures by Auguste Rodin, Jacques Lipchitz, Alberto Giacometti and Jean (Hans) Arp.

This season, we are also honored to present works from several outstanding collections, including The Collection of William I. Koch, Property from the Collection of Wilma (Billie) and Laurence Tisch, In Conversation: Property from a Private Northwest Collection, The Passionate Collectors: Property from Marlene and Spencer Hays, An Alchemy of Ideas: Works from the Mickey Cartin Collection, The Lipchitz Legacy: Works from the Collection of Hanno D. Mott, A Discerning Eye: Property of an Important New York Collector, In a Modernist Light: Important Works from a Private Collection, and Masters & Movements: Property From a Distinguished American Estate.

Explore early highlights from the 20th/21st Century Art auction series in New York prior to the exhibition opening on 7 November at Rockefeller Center.

Auction times

18 Nov 02:00 PM (EST) Lots 301-496

Our specialist’s selection

Brought to you by

Emmanuelle Loulmet

Specialist, Head of the Impressionist and Modern Day Sale | Impressionist & Modern Art

Emmanuelle Loulmet is a Specialist and Head of the Impressionist and Modern Day Sale in New York, where she supports broader business-getting efforts and international sales across 20th and 21st Century art.

Emmanuelle joined the Impressionist and Modern department in 2019, initially overseeing the authentication of works for auction and private sales. She became a Cataloguer in 2021, leading research for the Day Sales, before being appointed Head of Online Sales in 2023, where she oversaw the two highest-grossing Picasso Ceramics sales in Christie’s history. In May 2026, she led the highest-grossing Impressionist and Modern Day Sale at Christie’s since 2007.

Prior to joining Christie’s, Emmanuelle earned a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College, where she studied Art History and Comparative Politics. She is fluent in French, English, and Spanish.