Christie's Online Magazine No.210

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From: Christie's - Saturday Feb 29, 2020 11:38 am
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Where John Lennon and Greta Garbo bought their antiques, 7,000 years of art history in 7,000 seconds, A guide to Miró’s prints, Rare copy of Shakespeare’s ‘First Folio’, The collectors who became consumed by Indian art, plus more
 
 
 
 
‘Art is key to understanding a society’: the couple for whom Indian art became an obsession
 
 
7,000 years of art history in 7,000 seconds — an alternative guide to TEFAF 2020
 
 
Shakespeare’s ‘First Folio’ — a complete copy comes to auction for the first time in a generation
 
 
Why Greta Garbo, Givenchy, John Lennon and Valentino all flocked to Dalva Brothers
 
 
What is the role of London’s National Portrait Gallery in a confused 21st-century Britain?
 
 
‘One of the most important printmakers of the 20th century’ — the brilliance of Joan Miró
 
 
More stories
 
Editor’s picks
 
 
 
 
This portrait of George Gershwin comes from Andy Warhol’s 1980 series, ‘Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century’. They were controversial when first shown, but later described by the National Portrait Gallery as ‘a remarkable achievement… magisterial in conception’
 
Estimate: $10,000-15,000
4 March, New York
 
 
 
 
 
New York-based French artist Julie Curtiss is an admirer of Louise Bourgeois and Dorothea Tanning. She says of her own work, in which glossy hair and nails are recurring motifs, ‘I want you to touch it with your eyes’. This 2016 painting is called Redfaced
 
Estimate: $60,000-80,000
5 March, New York
 
 
 
 
 
The Panerai Luminor 1950 was created for the Italian Navy. The Rattrapante mechanism on this Ref. OP 6754, one of the most difficult types of chronograph function to produce, allows the timing of multiple events simultaneously. It is one of the reasons why the watch was issued in an edition of just 300
 
Estimate: $20,000-25,000
Until 10 March, Online
 
 
 
 
 
Between 27 August and 20 September 1964 Sir Sidney Robert Nolan produced over 60 paintings of Antarctica, which he had visited earlier that year. Writer Alan Moorehead saw parallels with Nolan’s paintings of the Australian desert: ‘In the cold, as in the heat, there is a rejection of all changes and growth, even of life itself’
 
Estimate: £30,000-40,000
12-19 March, Online
 
 
 
 
 
Devotee at the Golden Temple, Amritsar, 1996 was taken by the American photographer Steve McCurry. ‘Before I went to India I was doing only black and white photography,’ he told the Rubin Museum in 2015. ‘But in India, so much of culture and religion revolves around colour. Colour is integral to the story’
 
Estimate: $2,500-3,500
13-20 March, Online
 
 
More trending lots
 
 
 
 
Also on Christies.com
 
 
 
5 reasons watch collectors love Patek Philippe (including some highly desirable timepieces offered in our Dubai sale)
 
 
 
Collecting stories: check out all the interviews and short films in our series on leading collectors from around the world
 
 
 
Auction calendar
 
 
      
 
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Joan Miró at Mourlot Studios in Paris, checking printing of lithograph plate 7 for his Album 13 published by Maeght Editeur. 1948. Photo: © Herbert List / Magnum Photos. Artworks: © Successió Miró / ADAGP, Paris and DACS London 2020 // Nicholas Cullinan at the National Portrait Gallery exhibition Elizabeth Peyton: Air and Angels. Photo: © Angela Moore. Artworks, left to right: Mary Beale, Mary Beale, circa 1666; Gwen John, Gwen John, circa 1900; Portrait at the Opera (Elizabeth) by Elizabeth Peyton, 2016. Courtesy The Brant Foundation, Greenwich, CT. USA. © Elizabeth Peyton; Sir Anthony van Dyck, Sir Anthony van Dyck, circa 1640 // Photo: courtesy TEFAF
 
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