The Vanthournout Collection lands at Christie’s London in March 2026, with three sales and global previews, offering museum level Surrealism, sculpture, and postwar icons.
The Vanthournout Collection is about to step out of a private home and into public myth. In March 2026, Christie’s London will present “Modern Visionaries: The Roger and Josette Vanthournout Collection” across three dedicated sales.
Estimated around £40 million, or roughly €50 million in press coverage, this is not a routine consignment. It is a rare release of works assembled over six decades by Belgian collectors Roger and Josette Vanthournout.
Christie’s is giving the Vanthournout Collection a format that matches its range and tempo:
Evening Sale: 5 March 2026
Day Sale: 6 March 2026
Online Sale: 25 February to 12 March 2026
Christie’s spotlights Surrealism, major sculpture, and postwar ambition. Reported highlights include:
René Magritte, La plaine de l’air (1940), estimated £3.5 million to £5.5 million
Henry Moore, Goslar Warrior (1973–74), also framed as a top estimate highlight
The point is not only the names. It is the curatorial tension between dream logic and physical mass, between painted riddles and bronze gravity.
Because supply drives storytelling. Works held privately for decades arrive with a freshness the market craves. When they surface during London’s March marquee moment, museums, advisors, and collectors all pay attention.
Christie’s is also taking the collection on the road, with previews in Brussels, Hong Kong, New York, and Paris before London. That is a clear signal: this is a global contest, not a local sale.
The Vanthournout Collection reads like a private museum that finally decided to speak. In March 2026, Christie’s turns that long conversation into a public event, complete with global previews and a three sale strategy built for maximum attention.
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