Christie's Online Magazine No.182

From: Christie's - Saturday Jun 15, 2019 10:35 am

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One photographer, 15 of fashion’s most influential women, 33 fabulous jewels

Picasso, the Minotaur and a powerful drawing that has been in the artist’s family for 82 years

How Léger fundamentally ‘changed the course of art at the start of the 20th century’

Treasures from the maharajas — magnificent jewelled objects from the royal courts of India

Ceremonial swords and jewelled daggers that symbolised power, prestige and military prowess

The anarchist who discovered Seurat, championed Pissarro and stood trial for murder

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Editor’s picks

Although not interested in soccer, William Roberts (1895-1980) was intrigued by the euphoria that swept England during the World Cup of 1966. He painted Goal a couple of years later

Estimate: £300,000-500,000
17 June, London

From classical opera to circus and cabaret-style varieté, Paul Klee populated his visual worlds with puppets, grotesques, marionettes and masks, and with actors, dancers, and acrobats

Estimate: £200,000-300,000
19 June, London

David Gilmour played ‘The Black Strat’ on Pink Floyd albums The Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall. As such, it is one of rock’s most iconic instruments

Estimate: $100,000-150,000
20 June, New York

One of the most celebrated Dutch painters of his generation, René Daniëls took inspiration from Sigmar Polke, Marcel Duchamp and punk music to create works where meaning was never fully fixed

Estimate: £80,000-120,000
25 June, London

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Plan your visit to Christie’s

New York
See and hear the guitars that David Gilmour played on Pink Floyd’s greatest tracks, until 19 June

Paris
Enjoy iconic photographs by Newton, Penn, Avedon and Ritts from The Leon Constantiner Collection, until 19 June

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Maya Haile Samuelsson photographed by Claiborne Swanson Frank. Make-up by Karina Montoya for Clé de Peau Beauté US. Hair by Yoichi Tomizawa // Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Femme et Minotaure, executed in Paris on 19 February 1937. Estimate: £1,500,000-2,500,000. Offered in the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 18 June at Christie’s London © Succession Picasso/DACS, London 2019 // Fernand Léger (1881-1955), Femme dans un fauteuil, 1913. Estimate on request. Offered in Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 18 June 2019 at Christie’s in London © Fernand Leger, DACS 2019 // Félix Fénéon, 1894. Photo: Coll. B. Garrett / adoc-photos

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