Monsoon: The Peter Simon Collection comprises nearly 200 pieces and includes works by Francis Bacon, Piet Mondrian, Joan Miró, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso and Hurvin Anderson. The collection is estimated to be worth between £86.5m and £126.7m.
It will be the highest-value collection from a single owner offered at Christie’s in London. The auction house said the collection “stands as one of Britain’s foremost modern and contemporary art collections”.
The sale includes two paintings from distinct stages of Bacon’s career. Figure in Movement, from 1978, is expected to sell for between £14m and £18m.
Study for a Figure, which is estimated to have been painted around 1945, is expected to sell for between £4m and £6m.
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