Rare Van Gogh, Cézanne, and Monet Works Lead a $450 Million Collection
Sotheby's will offer the 12-work Blaquier-Arrieta Collection in New York, led by a Van Gogh estimated near $180 million and a Cézanne near $120 million.
By Weston Deboer
October 10, 2026 · 2 min read
Vincent van Gogh, Châtaigniers en fleurs, 1890. Image courtesy of Sotheby's.
A group of 12 Impressionist and modern paintings held largely out of public view for more than half a century is heading to auction. Sotheby's will present the Blaquier-Arrieta Collection in New York on November 18, 2026, with reporting placing the group at roughly $450 million.
The collection was assembled by Carlos Pedro Blaquier and Nelly Arrieta de Blaquier beginning in the 1960s. Its compact survey moves from Impressionism through Post-Impressionism and into Fauvism, bringing together work by Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Alfred Sisley, André Derain, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Maurice de Vlaminck.
Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise
Vincent van Gogh's Châtaigniers en fleurs (Chestnut Trees in Blossom) leads the group. Painted in May 1890 during the artist's final months in Auvers-sur-Oise, the landscape is one of only eight Auvers views still held privately. Hypebeast reports an estimate near $180 million, a level that could challenge the artist's auction record.
Cézanne's singular Harlequin
Paul Cézanne's Arlequin, painted between 1888 and 1890, depicts the artist's 17-year-old son, Paul, in red-and-black diamond checks. It is the only composition from Cézanne's four-part Harlequin series that remains outside a museum. The painting carries a reported estimate near $120 million and, like the Van Gogh, is positioned to establish a new auction high for its maker.
Monet looks across Paris
Claude Monet's Le Jardin des Tuileries was painted in 1876 from a fifth-floor apartment on the Rue de Rivoli. One of two Paris cityscapes from the series still in private hands, it is expected to bring between $15 million and $20 million.
The Legendary: The Blaquier-Arrieta Collection Evening Auction begins at 6 p.m. EST on November 18 at Sotheby's New York. The collection will also travel through London, Taipei, Hong Kong, and Paris before its New York exhibition. Read the original report at Hypebeast.
