Christie's Online Magazine No.200

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From: Christie's - Saturday Nov 30, 2019 11:55 am
Christie’s
For our 200th edition…Frank Lloyd Wright chairs, Roman sculptures, Climate change art, Diamond encrusted headphones, and who was buying what at Christie’s 200 years ago, plus more
 
 
 
 
Rare Frank Lloyd Wright chairs from the first masterpiece of his Prairie house style
 
 
Thought-provoking kinetic art, big names at surprising prices, and artists to invest in today
 
 
How Clark Gable and the CIA played a part in Animal Farm, the UK’s first animated feature film
 
 
Big time sensuality: Roman sculptures of Eros and Venus — the god and goddess of love
 
 
The collecting couple: ‘If we weren’t married, we’d be bidding against each other at auctions’
 
 
To mark our 200th edition, we rewind 200 years to see who was buying what at Christie’s in 1819
 
 
Also on Christies.com
 
 
 
A guide to Cycladic art and why — 5,000 years later — even a sculpted head, torso, leg or foot can be highly desirable
 
 
 
Hong Kong auctions defy challenges to total $337 million, attracting buyers coming from 50 different countries
 
 
 
More stories
 
Editor’s picks
 
 
 
 
This photograph was taken by Norman Parkinson (1913-1990) for Vogue in 1949. When most models were being paid $10-25 an hour, Lisa Fonssagrives commanded $40 an hour. The Swedish supermodel married Irving Penn the following year, and later became a sculptor
 
Estimate: $6,000-8,000
2-11 December, Online
 
 
 
 
 
Guido Reni (1575-1642) became a key figure in the early Baroque. He is known to have painted two versions of the Fortuna, which differ in only one detail: in one, she holds a crown in her right hand, in the other a purse. This version is dated to 1637-40
 
Estimate: £600,000-800,000
3 December, London
 
 
 
 
 
Portrait intaglios in aquamarine are exceedingly rare. The gemstone was virtually unknown in the Roman world before the mid-first century BC. This changed after the Romans took control of a trade route from India through to Alexandria
 
Estimate: £30,000-50,000
4 December, London
 
 
 
 
 
Created for the Halftime Show at Super Bowl XLVI, these one-of-a-kind diamond and ruby ‘Beats Pro’ by Dr. Dre headphones were made in collaboration with Graff. They have been worn by Madonna, LMFAO and Lil Wayne
 
Estimate: $100,000-150,000
11 December, New York
 
 
More trending lots
 
Plan your visit to Christie’s
 
 
 
London
Enjoy In the Field, a curated collection of works representing over 300 years of sporting art, 7-11 December
 
New York
View the Design sale, which celebrates the creative visions of the 20th century’s most important designers and architects, 6-12 December
 
Full listings
 
 
      
 
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View of the Ward W. Willits House, Highland Park, Illinois, circa 1910. Photo: Chicago Architectural Photography Company/Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust/Getty Images // BREAKFAST (est. 2009), Svalbard Ice, 2019 (detail). Estimate: $8,000-12,000. Offered in First Open, Online, 9-18 December // Erica Lai and Ronald Ooi with Artur Heras, Persona amb A, 2003 (detail), and Anne Ross, Cha Cha Cha, 2005 (detail). Artworks: © Artur Heras; © Anne Ross. Photograph by Sean Fennessey
 
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