Radical genius: Christie's to offer works on paper from a dinstinguished private collection

Christie's presents Radical Genius, Works on Paper from a Distinguished Private Collection. The sale of this tightly curated selection of landmark works spanning the history of drawing will take place in Paris on April 15 at 4:00 p.m., just days after the close of the Salon du dessin and the art fair Drawing Now - events that firmly establish Paris as the epicenter of the global market for works on paper. This exceptional sale also follows in the long and rich tradition of drawing auctions held by Christie's in Paris since 2000, which have regularly achieved record prices, most recently for works on paper by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Francesco Primaticcio in Spring 2025. Featuring major works by Paul Cézanne (€3.5–5.5M), Piet Mondrian (€3–5M), Pablo Picasso (€1.2–1.8M), Alfred Kubin, Paul Klee, William Turner and Alberto Giacometti, as well as John Singer Sargent, Rembrandt and Lorenzo Lippi, the collection highlights central role of drawing for key ar