Focus on The Waltz (Claudel) and discuss the Sales.
Several examples have been sold at auction in recent years, with prices increasing considerably.There were two sales of bronze casts of the second version at Christie's in New York in 2000, with one sale at $204,000 and the other at $281,000
A cast of the second version sold at Christie's in London in 2011 for £724,450, one at Sotheby's in New York in May 2013 for $1.865 million, and one in Paris in 2014 for €829,500
The only known cast of the first version was sold at Sotheby's in London in June 2013, for £5,122,500
A small cast, described as a petit modèle of the second version, was sold at Sotheby's in New York in November 2013 for $869,000
A cast, described as a grand modèle of the second version, was sold in London on 20 June 2018, with a pre-sale estimate of £700,000 to £900,000
Christie's Sotheby's