Christie's Online Magazine No.205

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The ‘godmother of installation art’ — why this year will be big for Magdalena Abakanowicz

Beauty, fashion, sensuality — Tamara de Lempicka’s flawless visions of high-society glamour

‘I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them’: how Picasso reflected his life in still life

‘You start with the space, and everything else follows’: at home with the ‘orthodox minimalist’

Will anyone start the bidding at $100? Introducing Christie’s 100, a new online sale concept

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Editor’s picks

Hugo Lonitz operated a majolica factory in what is now known as Haldensleben, Germany, between 1868 and 1904, using a mark of two fish enclosed in an oval. The factory exhibited internationally and was best known for its life-like pieces, such as this ‘Swan’ tureen

Estimate: £4,000-6,000
Until 29 January, Online

Alpine peaks and glacial valleys were perfect subjects for J.M.W. Turner to explore the effects of coloured light through atmospheric mist. Offered from the collection of J.E. Safra, this view of Mont Blanc dates from the artist’s tour of the Alps in 1836 — a watershed in the development of his later style

Estimate: $400,000-600,000
28 January, New York

In 1953 Pablo Picasso met his last muse, Jacqueline Roque, at the Madoura pottery in Vallauris, where his interest in ceramics had been catalysed seven years previously. Jacqueline au chevalet (Jacqueline at the Easel) shows the artist’s second wife in his workplace, underlining her importance to his art

Estimate: £18,000-25,000
30 January – 7 February, Online

Max Ernst’s Paysage-effet d’attouchement (1934-35) featured in the 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition in London, at which Salvador Dalí memorably appeared wearing a deep-sea diving suit. Its first owner was James Johnson Sweeney, director of the Guggenheim Museum from 1952 to 1959

Estimate: £1,500,000-2,500,000
5 February, London

Associated with the the Superflat group of Japanese artists, Yoshitomo Nara is best known for his pictures of children sporting vampire fangs or brandishing knives, crucifixes and flaming torches . He says he sees these children ‘among other, bigger, bad people... who are holding bigger knives’

Estimate: $2,000,000-3,000,000
12 February, London

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Magdalena Abakanowicz, 2004. Photo: Raphael GAILLARDE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images. Artwork: © Marta Magdalena Abakanowicz-Kosmowska and Jan Kosmowski Foundation, Courtesy Marlborough Gallery, New York // (left) Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980), Portrait de Marjorie Ferry, painted in 1931 (detail). Estimate: £8,000,000- £12,000,000. Offered in the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 12 February 2020 at Christie’s in London; Tamara de Lempicka, circa 1931. Photo: Madame d’Ora / Austrian Archives / Scala Florence; Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980), La Musicienne, painted in Paris, 1929. Sold for $9,087,500 on 11 November 2018 at Christie’s in New York. Artwork: © Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2020 // Catherine Walsh in her kitchen in Telluride. Photo by Jesse Chehak // Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), La cafetière, 1943 (detail). Estimate: £1,000,000-1,500,000. Offered in the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 5 February 2020 at Christie’s in London. Artwork: © Succession Picasso/DACS, London 2020 // Vera Lutter, Frankfurt Airport VII: April 24, 2001. Estimate: $20,000-30,000. Offered in Christie's 100, 28 January to 5 February 2020, Online. Artwork © 2020 Vera Lutter / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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