Christie's Online Magazine No.192

From: Christie's - Saturday Oct 05, 2019 10:29 am

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‘Some artists do roses, but I work with words’ — how Ed Ruscha put a West Coast spin on Pop art

Why this mysterious silver pomander from the 17th century continues to baffle the experts

‘Haunted by the things we’ve left behind’ — a Syrian artist’s take on creativity and conflict

5 Nordic furniture designers that excite serious collectors — and you need to know about

Rare first editions from the crime fiction author who transformed American literature

‘What I like is usually significant’ — at home with Richard Feigen, art world treasure hunter

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Editor’s picks

Jasper Johns (b. 1930) was introduced to silkscreen printing by Andy Warhol in 1960. Flags I, which is from 1973, was printed with 31 screens in five stages

Estimate: $1,000,000-1,500,000
22-23 October, New York

This Seymchan meteorite was found in a dry river bed in Russia. Weighing more than 5kg, it has been cut into a decorative 60-sided polyhedron

Estimate: £5,000-8,000
25 October, London

The story for Ian Fleming’s first 007 novel Casino Royale was inspired by a game of baccarat the author played in Lisbon during World War II. This first edition is thought never to have been read

Estimate: $40,000-60,000
25 October, New York

Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) painted Seated Figure in Turkish Costume during the height of the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Turks (1821-1832). It shows the first stirrings of his Romantic style

Estimate: $800,000-1,200,000
28 October, New York

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Plan your visit to Christie’s

Paris
View our Art Moderne auction, including works by French mid-century greats, 12-18 October

London
Discover masterpieces by Mollino, Ponti and Sarfatti offered in our Thinking Italian Design auction, 11-16 October

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Ed Ruscha (b. 1937), Hurting the Word Radio #2, 1964. Oil on canvas. Estimate: $30,000,000-40,000,000. Offered in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 13 November at Christie’s in New York. © Ed Ruscha // Detail of a work in progress. © Sara Shamma 2019 // Finn Juhl (1912-1989), A pair of armchairs, Model No. FJ53, designed 1953. Estimate: £30,000-40,000. Offered in Design on 16 October 2019 at Christie’s in London // Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961). Silver gelatin black & white print, inscribed and signed (‘Dashiell Hammett’), Aleutian Islands, March 1944. Estimate: $3,000-5,000. Offered in Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts Including Americana on 25 October at Christie’s in New York // Richard Feigen at his home in New York. Photograph by Daniel Dorsa

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