The Day Sale offers further examples of great German art, including Emil Nolde’s Marshy Landscape under High Skies with Hof Seebüll (circa 1930-35). Nolde was one of the greatest colourists of the 20th century and this atmospheric watercolour on absorbent Japanese paper captures the overwhelming power of nature through the landscape of his home. Having remained in the same private collection since its execution, it will now make its auction debut at £120,000 – 180,000.

Jean Metzinger’s Le cycliste (1912) (illustrated p.1 right) is one of the artist’s most ambitious works, an amalgamation of Cubism and Futurism that brilliantly captures speed and dynamism. The bicycle stands as the perfect symbol of modern daily life, both as a new means of transport for the masses as well as a spectator sport. The dashing moustache identifies the cyclist as celebrated prize-winner Octave Lapize, best known for winning the 1910 Tour de France, in the throes of a victory lap at the Vélodrome d’Hiver in Paris. This is one of three oil paintings of this subject from this year, another of which is now in the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.

The first owner of this work was Irish American lawyer John Quinn, Brancusi’s most important patron, who lent over 70 works to the 1913 Armory Show. It is now appearing on the market for the first time, with an estimate of £1,500,000 – 2,000,000, since it sold at the auction of Quinn’s estate in New York in February 1927.

A masterwork of Magical Realism by Dutch painter Pyke Koch, Florentine Garden (1938) is an evocative depiction of the celebrated Renaissance revival gardens of Villa La Pietra in Florence. Koch  was chosen to represent the Netherlands at the Venice Biennale in 1938, where this work was exhibited. Koch spent hours meticulously studying Italian Quattrocento masters such as Piero della Francesca, who inspired him in his pursuit of technical perfection. Last acquired in 1989, this work has never previously appeared at auction, and marks the artist’s Evening Sale debut with an estimate of £200,000-300,000. A fellow exponent of Magical Realism, Carel Willink will be represented in the Day Sale with The Eternal Cry (1964), offered on the market for the first time having been acquired from the artist circa 1978. Along with Koch, Willink was devoted to figurative painting, using near-photographic style and meticulous and intentional juxtaposition to depict mysterious and enchanting scenes. This painting was inspired by the artist’s trip to Italy, where he visited the sixteenth-century Bomarzo Gardens commissioned by Pier Francesco Orsini (est. £70,000-100,000).

In the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, a plethora of emancipated and revolutionary women joined the Surrealist movement in Paris, London, New York and Mexico. Their works are characterised by a self-awareness and intuition that was unmatched by their male contemporaries, resulting in an important and diverse contribution to the Surrealist imagination.

Journal of a Conjuror (1955) is among a handful of works that Kay Sage made in the year immediately following the death of her husband, the painter Yves Tanguy. His absence is felt in every brushstroke, invoking a depth of emotion that is testament to their love. In this monochromatic work, the scaffolding – one of her trademark motifs – becomes a cage, and the draped material, a shroud. The eloquent work will be offered with an estimate of £120,000 – 180,000, for the first time since it was last sold at auction in 1990.

The Day Sale will feature two works by Dorothea Tanning, Naufrage en bleu (circa 1957) (illustrated right) and Oraculaire (1964), estimated at £15,000 – 20,000 and £8,000 – 12,000 respectively. The first large-scale exhibition on the artist’s audacious seven-decade career for twenty-five years took place at Tate Modern last year.

Comprising three drawings and a painting, this exceptional group of fresh-to-the-market works by Vincent van Gogh has not been exhibited since 1995. Inspired by the artists of the Barbizon school, Van Gogh sought out rural subject matter that placed the plight of the working class at the heart of his work. Two of these works date from his time in the Hague in 1882 and the others were executed in the provincial town of Nuenen in 1885.

Immersing himself in the community, he observed in great detail the peasants and their daily life, whilst developing his exceptional artistic talent. Illustrated here are Peasant Digging up Potatoes (June- July 1885) (left), estimated £450,000 – 550,000, and Orphan Man (September-December 1882) (right), estimated £400,000 – 500,000. Leading the Day Sale is Claude Monet’s spectacular view of Waterloo Bridge (circa 1899), from the iconic series that Monet completed following his visits to London at the turn of the century. The fog and ghostly silhouettes of the Houses of Parliament signal the beginning of the artist’s shift towards abstraction, forming the transition between the Haystacks of the 1890s and the later Nymphéas. The overwhelming majority of Monet’s depictions of Waterloo Bridge are now in public collections around the world. This work comes from the collection of fashion tycoons Bernard and Josephine Chaus and will now be offered at auction for the first time since they acquired it 1990, carrying an estimate of £400,000 – 600,000.