Christie's Online Magazine No.187

From: Christie's - Saturday Aug 31, 2019 10:39 am

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Who was this portable Ming-dynasty ‘throne’ made for, and why have so few survived?

Inside The Collection of Eileen and I.M. Pei, the architect who transformed the Louvre

One collector’s modernist vision, featuring works by de Staël, Guston, Hodgkin and Riley

The life and loves of Francis Newton Souza, the ‘enfant terrible’ of modern Indian art

First J.M.W. Turner, now L.S. Lowry. Which artist will be next for one of Britain’s finest actors?

Exquisite gold and silver objects from ancient China, including this Tang-dynasty headdress

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Rina Banerjee invites us into her Brooklyn studio to discuss her art and ‘making our own histories’

Collage education — the thought-provoking exhibition that makes new claims for the art of cut and paste

Editor’s picks

Carmen Herrera’s abstract works have brought her international recognition late in life. The Cuban-American artist celebrated her 104th birthday in May of this year

Estimate: £7,000-9,000
11-25 September, Online

Arpita Singh’s compositions combine personal and mythical narratives, which she describes as ‘a memory of something once known and since forgotten, like childhood or paradise’

Estimate: $180,000-250,000
11 September, New York

This large-scale seated Buddha dates from the 6th-7th century and is one of very few complete surviving examples of late Anuradhapura sculpture. It has passed through two important private collections

Estimate: $180,000-250,000
11 September, New York

Giovanni Giacometti (1868-1933) was the father of Alberto and Diego. Spring Landscape of 1926 captures the view to Lake Sils from Maloja in Switzerland

Estimate: CHF380,000-450,000
17 September, Zurich

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Plan your visit to Christie’s

London
View superb sculptures of African wildlife offered in the Dylan Lewis: Shapeshifting auction, 4-10 September

New York
See pieces owned by Dorothy and Richard Sherwood in our Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art sale, 6-10 September

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Nicolas de Staël, Natura Morte au Fond Jaune, 1952. Estimate: £700,000-1,000,000. Offered in The Jeremy Lancaster Collection on 1 October at Christie’s in London. Artwork: © Nicolas de Staël, DACS 2019 / Francis Newton Souza, 1961 (detail). Photo: Ida Kar. Photo © National Portrait Gallery, London. Artworks: © Estate of F.N. Souza. All rights reserved, DACS 2019 / Timothy Spall as L.S Lowry in Mrs Lowry & Son. Photo: Courtesy Vertigo Releasing