Christie's Online Magazine No.229

From: Christie's - Saturday Jul 11, 2020 11:21 am

Christie’s

Art stories to feed the mind and soul

Seven new artist records set as historic ONE sale tops $420m — led by $46m Lichtenstein

A prayer book owned by Mary, Queen of Scots — a source of solace in a tempestuous life

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Jens and Masha Faurschou on the building of a foundation that spans Europe, China and the US

‘Their sound engages the emotions, like music’ — the magic of minute repeaters

The Russian painter forgotten for decades — now ranked with de Lempicka and Goncharova

Why Miuccia Prada and Domenico Dolce tip their hats to Nina Yashar’s eye for design

Editor’s picks

James Archer’s The Parting of Robert Burns and Highland Mary depicts the Scottish poet’s last meeting with Margaret Campbell, with whom he had planned to begin a new life in the West Indies. Campbell died soon after their final tryst, possibly of typhoid. The painting was exhibited by Archer at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1858

Estimate: £50,000-80,000
until 29 July, Online

This articulated iron crow is made from numerous hammered iron plates that allow its beak, wings and neck to move. Signed Myochin Muneharu, it dates from the last decades of Japan’s Edo Period (1603-1868), when metalsmiths who had once made samurai armour turned their skills to decorative and symbolic sculptures, known as jizai okimono

Estimate: $40,000-60,000
until 23 July, Online

One of India’s finest artists of the 20th century, M.F. Husain largely avoided portraiture. He reserved it only for his closest friends, such as Sonali Dasgupta, depicted in Untitled (Family Portrait) with her two children. Dasgupta had recently married the film-maker Roberto Rossellini in the wake of a high-profile romance

Estimate: $60,000-80,000
until 22 July, Online

This personal collection of more than 200 scores belonged to the opera superstar nicknamed ‘La Divina’, Maria Callas. A number of them come with dedications from composers, librettists and admirers; others with marks by Callas herself, made when preparing for roles she’d make her own, including Carmen and Paolina in Donizetti’s Poliuto

Estimate: £12,000-18,000
until 30 July, Online

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Vera Rockline (1896-1934), Vue de Tiflis, 1919. Estimate: £200,000-300,000. Offered in Russian Art, 1-21 July 2020, Online