Christie's Online Magazine No.151

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Worn by Maharajas and Marilyn Monroe, the 24-carat Moon of Baroda diamond

Four portraits of Picasso’s different lovers — four defining periods in the artist’s life

‘I’m just doing this for Barney’: the friendship between Georgia O’Keeffe and Barney Ebsworth

5 reasons why high-end collectors pursue watches by Richard Mille

A 1962 canvas Rothko kept until his death, and that enchanted the de Menil family over decades

From the court of Emperor Yongzheng: ‘One of the largest moonflasks we’ve ever seen’

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Editor’s picks

It looks calligraphic but Untitled by Mohammed Ehsai is an example of Lettrism, a form of art that uses letters that are not supposed to mean anything

Estimate: £60,000-80,000
24 October, London

Hurdy-Gurdy Player by Jean-Honoré Fragonard features the radiant luminosity and virtuoso handling found in the artist’s best works of the 1770s

Estimate: $400,000-600,000
30 October, New York

Corot’s Le berger sous les arbres (soleil couchant) perfectly captures the moment of crépuscule, when the land is bathed in the half-light of the already-set sun

Estimate: $150,000-250,000
31 October, New York

This colossal torso is a rare and original depiction of Hercules from the Roman period, based on or inspired by a Late Classical Greek sculpture

Estimate: $2,500,000-3,500,000
31 October, New York

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Plan your visit to Christie’s

New York
Enjoy masterpieces from a range of categories spanning European Art in the 19th century, 27-30 Oct

London
Come to King Street to see wonderful examples of Chinese ceramics and works of art, 2-5 Nov

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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Femme au béret orange et au col de fourrure (Marie‐Thérèse), executed 4 December 1937. Estimate: $15,000,000-20,000,000; Buste de femme (Dora Maar), 28 March 1939. Estimate: $5,000,000-8,000,000; Portrait de Françoise Gilot, 2 May 1947-26 December 1948. Estimate: $3,000,000-5,000,000; Buste de femme nue (tête de profil), 15 May 1963. Estimate: $5,000,000-8,000,000. Offered in the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 11 November at Christie’s in New York © 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York // Georgia O’Keeffe, 2 August 1968 at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico. Photo: © Arnold Newman/Getty Images // Mark Rothko (1903-1970), Untitled (Rust, Blacks on Plum), 1962. Estimate: $35,000,000-45,000,000. Offered in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 15 November at Christie’s in New York © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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