Auction introduction: On 23 October, Christie’s Paris will present Moderne(s), une collection particulière européenne. This sale will launch the highly anticipated fall auction week, traditionally dedicated to 20th/21st Century Art, and held in conjunction with the Art Basel Paris fair. Comprising of around forty modern and contemporary works, the collection pays tribute to the European avant-garde. Highlights include La Passerelle Debilly, a 1903 Post-Impressionist oil on canvas by Paul Signac; Le Ciel passe dans l’air, an early 1926 painting by René Magritte; Fruit d’une longue expérience, a rare 1919 Dada-period wood relief by Max Ernst; and La Matelas by Domenico Gnoli. This sale offers a rare opportunity to acquire sought-after museum-quality works, meticulously selected by a family of sophisticated collectors with a keen eye, and preserved within that same collection for over fifty years.