The Swiss collector Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller (1930-2016) is perhaps best known for assembling one of the largest private holdings of Pre-Columbian, African and Oceanic objects in Europe.
Henry Moore, Goslar Warrior (1974), sold for $6.1m, more than the low estimate at Christie's, London. Bronze with a dark brown patina. The work has been traded once in the past.
Gustave de Smet, The Acrobat's Adorer (The Adorer of the Acrobat) (1924), sold for $644,800, more than one and a half times the low estimate at Christie's, London. Oil on canvas, 124.2 x 93.2cm. The work has been traded 3 times in the past.
Ben Nicholson O.M., Sept 29-53 (Fiesole) (1953), $400,000 to $666,700 estimate, is due to be sold at Christie's Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale in London on March 18, 2026. Oil on canvas, 61.0 x 61.0cm. The work has been traded once in the past.
Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Nets (1960), sold for $2.84m (GBP2.12m), more than the low estimate at Christie's in London on March 5.
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