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 THE PIET & IDA SANDERSCOLLECTION At Christie’s in April 

 Even the kitchen shelf held a Marino Marini 

 Amsterdam –  Christie’s is proud to announce the sale of The Piet & Ida Sanders Collection  on 15 and 16 April

2013. Comprising almost 200 lots, the sale features paintings, sculptures and objects by Naum Gabo,

 Armando, Jan Schoonhoven, Lucio Fontana, Karel Appel, Marino Marini, Corneille, Anish Kapoor, Christo,

Barbara Hepworth and Gilbert & George as well as one of the finest collections of works by master printerHendrik Werkman. With estimates ranging from €500 to 500,000 the sale is expected to realise in the region

of €3 million.

For over half a century Piet and Ida Sanders collected paintings,

drawings and sculptures, tribal art and antiquities. For the couple it

 was important that any work they bought would become part of 

their home and daily life and they frequently invited artists to come

and install the work in their house. The collection features

numerous sculptures; once all the walls in their home were covered,

the couple would always find space for a sculpture, if not inside,

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then outside. Marino Marini’s delicate sculpture  Atomico was placed on the kitchen window sill (estimate:

 €180,000 – 250,000, illustrated page one  ). The interior of their home in Schiedam was redesigned in the fifties by 

the well-known architect Jaap Bakema. The Sanders couple welcomed architects, designers, museum

directors, curators, collectors and the artists themselves at home. They were often frequented by American

sculptor George Rickey as well as by Karel Appel, and their close friend Joel Shapiro.

Leading the Evening sale on 15 April 2013 is Lucio Fontana’s Concetto Spaziale ;

executed in 1954, it is an elegantly articulated work from his pietri 'stones'

series (estimate: €400,000 –  600,000, illustrated right  ). Fostering relationships

 with a number of artists in Fontana's circle, the Sanders acquired the present

 work from the artist's close colleague and sometime art collaborator, Enrico

Baj, the founder of the Nuclear Art movement. 

Piet and Ida Sanders donated numerous works to cultural institutions including 

the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and in Schiedam, the Kröller-Müller

Museum, Museum Boymans van Beuningen and the Wereldmuseum.

Over the 70 years building this collection they documented each work and

built an archive in which personal correspondence with artists, museums andgalleries were conscientiously recorded by Ida Sanders, resulting in a treasure

trove of art historical information.

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PUBLIC EXHIBITION:Friday, 12 April 2013: 10:00 am – 5:00 pmSaturday, 13 April 2013: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Sunday, 14 April 2013: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday, 15 April 2013: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm 

 AUCTION: The Piet and Ida Sanders Collection15 & 16 April 2013

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*Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and do not reflect costs, financing 

fees or application of buyer’s or seller’s credits. 

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