Artcurial will offer the modernist collection of Louis Grandchamp des Raux on 24 October in Paris, timed to coincide with Art Basel Paris. Titled La Modernite en partage, the sale brings together nearly 75 works by 44 artists, assembled over two decades of collecting and tracing French and Belgian painting from the late 19th century to the mid-20th. The star lot is Maurice Denis's L'ile Chevalier, estimated at 700,000 to 1,000,000 euros, shown alongside the artist's Sancta Martha at 600,000 to 800,000 euros. Together the two paintings demonstrate the spiritual and decorative range of the Nabi master. Pierre Bonnard is represented by La petite fenetre (550,000-750,000 euros) and La baignade (150,000-250,000 euros), while Edouard Vuillard's Misia Natanson dans les bois carries an estimate of 450,000 to 650,000 euros. The earlier sections open with the pioneers of plein air painting, including works by Gericault, Millet, Corot, Courbet and Boudin, with Millet's Barque de peche estimated at 500,000 to 800,000 euros. Impressionism is represented by two paintings by Berthe Morisot, each estimated at 200,000 to 300,000 euros. Belgian Symbolism contributes two rarities: Fernand Khnopff's Etude pour la Defiance and Leon Spilliaert's Fillette au grand chapeau, each estimated at 300,000 to 400,000 euros. Grandchamp des Raux began visiting Parisian museums at the age of ten and inherited his grandfather's collection, which sharpened his eye. After nearly twenty years collecting 17th- and 18th-century French painting, he turned from 2010 to the transition into modernism, from Corot to the Nabis, with a particular fascination for Denis and Vuillard. A first sale of his earlier collection, organised with Artcurial and Sotheby's in 2015, was a success. The October sale now presents the modernist chapter of that collecting journey, positioning a cohesive single-owner vision of French modernity at the centre of the Paris autumn season.