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"Femme dans un fauteuil", painted by French cubist artistLeger in 1913, is one of a group of five figurative worksfeaturing a seated woman. It has an estimated price tag of 25million pounds ($31.56 million).
Picasso's green "Homme et femme", painted by the Spanishartist in a day in 1968, is a self-portrait of himselfintertwined with his wife Jacqueline, according to Jason Carey,head of impressionist and modern art at Christie's. It isestimated to sell for 10-15 million pounds, he said.
Also for sale at Christie's "Impressionist and Modern Art"sale on June 18 is a 1937 painting by French artist HenriMatisse, of a young female model wearing clothes he bought atmarkets in Nice. It is seen fetching 5-8 million pounds.
"We have Asian collectors, we have new buyers, we havecollectors of contemporary art who are looking back to theavant-garde as well like artists such as Leger," Carey said ofthe appetite for modern art. "There's really competing forces."
($1 = 0.7922 pounds)
(Reporting by Emily Roe and Marissa Davison; editing by JasonNeely) ((Marie-Louise.Gumuchian@thomsonreuters.com; +44 207 542 2290;Reuters Messaging:marie-louise.gumuchian.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))