Bass, maybe best known for supporting ballet in New York and Texas, died last year.
, “La Petite Danseuse de quatorze ans,” or “Little 14-Year-Old Dancer,” that is expected to fetch as much as $30 million.
Also up for sale is a Degas pastel drawing hung by Bass in her bedroom called “Danseuse attachant son chausson” that shows a dancer tying her ballet slipper that could bring in as much as $6 million, along with an oil, “Femme en peignoir bleu le torse découvert,” which is valued at as much as $1.8 million.
Bass’ collection also includes three paintings by Claude Monet, each a different scene: “Peupliers au bord de l’Epte” shows trees along the water in the French countryside, London’s Houses of Parliament are depicted “Le Parlement, soleil couchant,” and one painting of Monet’s famous water lilies on the artist’s own estate in Giverny, France, part of his “Nymphéas” series.
Also up for auction are two of Bass’ paintings by artist Mark Rothko, “Untitled ” and “No. 1,” which both feature fiery shades of red and orange and were created in the early 1960s at the height of Rothko’s career, which could bring in as much as $145 million collectively, according to Christie’s. The sale will also include two paintings of women standing beside a window that Bass hung in the entryway of her apartment opposite each other – Balthus’s “Jeune fille à la fenêtre” and Vilhelm Hammershøi’s “Stue ,” with maximum sales estimates of $6 million and $2.5 million, respectively.... [+]
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