Lot 214 · Modern Visionaries - The Roger and Josette Vanthournout Collection - Evening Sale
De aanbidder van de acrobate (L'adorateur de l'acrobate)
Gustave De Smet · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £300,000–£500,000 hammer ≈ $400,851–$668,085
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Modern Visionaries - The Roger and Josette Vanthournout Collection - Evening Sale, London · 5 March 2026
- Dimensions
- 48 7⁄8 x 36 ¾ in. (124.2 x 93.2 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3096449
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Gustave De Smet, De aanbidder van de acrobate (L'adorateur de l'acrobate). Christie's, 5 Mar 2026, lot 214. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3096449.
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Gustave De Smet, De aanbidder van de acrobate (L'adorateur de l'acrobate). Christie's, 5 Mar 2026, lot 214. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3096449.
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From the same sale Modern Visionaries - The Roger and Josette Vanthournout Collection - Evening Sale · Mar 2026
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hérédité des qualités acquises | Yves Tanguy | £300,000–£500,000 | |
| Infinity Nets | Yayoi Kusama | £2,000,000–£3,000,000 | |
| The Bowler | Barry Flanagan | £500,000–£800,000 | |
| La plaine de l'air (The plain of the air) | René Magritte | £3,500,000–£5,500,000 | |
| Nu debout et femmes assises | Pablo Picasso | £3,000,000–£5,000,000 | |
| Homage to the Square | Josef Albers | £400,000–£600,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gustave De Smet | les amants | $661,180 | Sotheby's, Mar 2019 | |
| Gustave De Smet | het echtpaar - le couple au village | Sotheby's, May 2007 | ||
| Gustave De Smet | Nude by a window | Christie's, Dec 2013 | ||
| Pablo Picasso | Verre et citron | Christie's, May 2019 | ||
| Pablo Picasso | Deux nus | Sotheby's, May 2023 | ||
| Pablo Picasso | Le Joueur de clarinette | Sotheby's, May 2023 | ||
| Gustave De Smet | De Kunstrijdster | Christie's, Dec 2016 | ||
| Pablo Picasso | Personnages | Bonhams, Oct 2024 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.