Christie’s 10/17/2020

Art stories to feed the mind and soul



‘I refused at first’: the portrait of a cultural titan driven by David Hockney’s devotion to opera



When Minimalism meets the woodcut: a collector’s guide to the prints of Donald Judd


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Wyeth, Moran, Remington and Kuhn: visions of the Old West collected by the ‘Oracle of Oil’



From the daring to the critically acclaimed — five artists to have on your radar this month



A unique dining suite by Carlo Mollino — racing driver, stunt pilot and designer without peer


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Unseen in public since 1961, why this is ‘everything a collector could want in a Pierre Soulages’


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Editor’s picks





Famous for his rural landscapes and delicate studies of clouds, Constable painted this portrait of Miss Lewis, a friend’s daughter, as a gift. Along with the painter’s luminescent technique, the seriousness of the child’s face and the absent-minded tenderness with which she holds her pet give the picture a rare charm

Estimate: $25,000-35,000
until 20 October, Online






‘I don’t make jewellery,’ Barry Kieselstein-Cord once said. ‘I do sculptures for the body.’ Crafted in his signature greenish yellow gold, this bracelet is a typically eye-catching statement piece by a designer with an unabashedly bold style. He has long been inspired by the animal world, introducing his Alligator range back in 1988

Estimate: $4,000-6,000
until 27 October, Online






One of the treasures of the National Gallery in London — Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait — is given an irreverent makeover in Sambypen’s Animal Portrait, with cartoon deer taking the place of the couple. Known for his appropriation of cultural icons, the artist works by cutting wood with a laser printer, painting it in acrylics and glueing it to canvas

Estimate: HKD 90,000-150,000
until 20 October, Online






The street artist STIK recently unveiled Holding Hands, a 12-foot-high public sculpture in London’s Hoxton Square featuring two of his trademark stick figures. This maquette of the work, a poignant image for our socially distanced times, is being sold to fund a new programme for young artists in the borough of Hackney

Estimate: £80,000-120,000
23 October, London










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David Hockney (b. 1937), Portrait of Sir David Webster, 1971. Estimate: £11,000,000-18,000,000. Offered in Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 22 October 2020 at Christie’s in London. Artwork: © David Hockney // Portrait of Donald Judd in his studio in Spring Street, New York, 1976. Photograph: Harry Shunk. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2014.R.20). Gift of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation in Memory of Harry Shunk and Janos Kender. Digital image: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais. Artwork: © Judd Foundation/ARS, NY and DACS, London 2020 // Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945), Indian Love Call, 1927. Estimate: $2,000,000-3,000,000. Offered in The Legend of the West: Iconic Works from the T. Boone Pickens Collection on 28 October 2020 at Christie’s in New York // Aboudia (b. 1983), Untitled, 2013. Estimate: £15,000-20,000. Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga (b. 1991), Ko Bungisa Mbala Mibale (Second Loss), 2017. Estimate: £30,000-50,000. Ryan Mosley (b. 1980), Tag Team, 2008. Estimate: £7,000-10,000. Robert Nava (b. 1985), Maybe Metatron, 2017. Estimate: £30,000-50,000. Caroline Walker (b. 1982), St. Paul’s Road 5.30pm, 2009. Estimate: £4,000-6,000. Offered in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale on 23 October 2020 at Christie’s in London // Carlo Mollino (1905-1973), unique and important dining suite, designed for Ada and Cesare Minola. Estimate: £1,200,000-1,800,000. Offered in Thinking Italian Art and Design at Christie’s in London on 22 October. Carlo Mollino testing the Bisiluro car he designed in 1955 to take part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Photo: Elirio Invernizzi, Courtesy Museo Casa Mollino // Pierre Soulages (b. 1919), Peinture 162 x 130 cm, 9 juillet 1961 (detail), 1961. Estimate: €6,000,000-8,000,000. Offered in Paris Avant-garde on 22 October 2020 at Christie’s in Paris. Artwork: © Pierre Soulages, DACS 2020

 

LOVE that Alligator bracelet.....it's already way over bid!!!!! Thanks @springfld.arsenal !!!!!