Christie's Online Magazine No.155

From: Christie's - Saturday Nov 17, 2018 11:46 am

Christie’s

Unseen in public for 130 years, the missing link between French and British Impressionism

Suzanne Belperron’s avant-garde designs were brilliant, but her success was tinged with tragedy

What this vast Russian Imperial vase tells us about a seismic period in European history

Diego Rivera — artist, revolutionary, and perhaps Mexico’s greatest storyteller

Virgins, saints and viceroys — why Spanish colonial art is an example of early globalisation

From war horses to royalty: the life and thoroughbred art of Sir Alfred Munnings

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Editor’s picks

Precisionism celebrated modernisation and the American city, but artists like George Ault applied the same minimalist approach to still-lifes and rural scenes

Estimate: $60,000-80,000
20 November, New York

Get your groove on by acquiring the dancefloor from the legendary Annabel’s nightclub. Previous occupants include Hollywood legends, rock stars, fashion icons and royalty

Estimate: £300-500
20 November, London

Winston Churchill completed The Battlements at Rhodes in 1938; two years later he was appointed Prime Minister. He ceased painting during the war, except for one 1943 canvas he presented to President Roosevelt

Estimate: £180,000-250,000
20 November, London

Rufino Tamayo’s desire for greater surface detail, depth and texture in his prints led directly to the development of the Mixografia® printing process in the early 1970s

Estimate: $5,000-7,000
Until 28 November, Online

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Plan your visit to Christie’s

New York
See Spanish Colonial art through to major works by Fernando Botero offered in our two-day Latin American Art sale, 17-20 Nov

London
Enjoy the art of L.S. Lowry, Barbara Hepworth, Sean Scully and more in the view for our Modern British Art Evening Sale, 16-19 Nov

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(Detail) Diego Rivera (1886-1957), Communards (Comuna de Paris), executed in 1928. Estimate: $100,000-150,000. Offered in Latin American Art on 20-21 November 2018 at Christie’s in New York. Artwork: © Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / DACS 2018 // Sir Alfred Munnings photographed at work on a racing scene in 1925. Photo: Claude Harris/Getty Images. Artwork: © Estate of Sir Alfred Munnings, Dedham, Essex. All rights reserved, DACS 2018