Christie's Online Magazine No.272

From: Christie's - Saturday Jun 19, 2021 09:42 am

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A rare Leonardo drawing, Giacometti’s Homme qui chavire, A pair of Degas pastels, The Camuto Collection, and more |

Leonardo’s Head of a Bear — one of only eight drawings by the artist remaining in private hands

‘When Degas really became Degas’ — how these pastels helped to resolve a career crisis

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‘He had a grand vision: more is more’ — the retail magnate who fashioned a Connecticut chateau

‘Straight out of Sartre’: how Homme qui chavire reflects the existential anxieties of its day

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Editor’s picks

In 1999, Hiroshi Sugimoto produced a series of portraits of public figures past and present. To do so, the Japanese artist photographed wax models at Madame Tussauds in London — including that of Henry VIII’s fifth wife. The resulting work, Catherine Howard, has the gravitas of a Holbein painting

Estimate: €25,000-35,000
29 June, Paris

Influenced by the Rococo artist Jean-Baptiste Oudry, these four paintings are based on La Fontaine’s fables. Oudry was a master of animal studies, for which there is plenty of scope in The Tortoise and the Birds, The Two Parrots, The Monkey and the Cat and The Eagle and the Owl

Estimate: $35,000-50,000
until 29 June, Online

Born in Guangzhou in 1941, He Huaishuo studied art in Taipei and New York — but his style owes more to Asia than the West. His 1970 work Pavilion in the Forest, in ink and colour on paper, combines a stark sense of the wildness of nature with the glowing promise of sanctuary

Estimate: €5,000-7,000
until 25 June, Online

This rare wall clock will appeal to aficionados of 1960s style as well as Rolex fans. Made by the Ohio Advertising Display Company, it has no numerals or decorative clutter to mar its minimalist look — just the brand name topped with the crown logo at 12 o’clock

Estimate: $10,000-15,000
until 22 June, Online

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Head of a Bear. Silverpoint on pale pink-beige prepared paper. 7 x 7 cm. Estimate: £8,000,000-12,000,000. Offered in The Exceptional Sale at Christie’s in London on 8 July 2021 // Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Femme sortant du bain, circa 1886-1889 (detail). Pastel over monotype on paper laid down on board. 11⅜ x 15⅜ in (28.7 x 39 cm). Estimate: £1,300,000-1,800,000 / Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Danseuse rose, 1896 (detail). Pastel on paper laid down on card. 16¾ x 12¼ in (42.5 x 31.1 cm). Estimate: £2,500,000-3,500,000. Both offered in 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale on 30 June 2021 at Christie’s in London // Vince Camuto’s Chateau Ridge estate, Greenwich, Connecticut // Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), Homme qui chavire. Conceived in 1950; this work cast by Alexis Rudier in 1951. Bronze with brown patina. Height: 23⅜ in (59.3 cm). Estimate: £12,000,000-18,000,000. Offered in 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale on 30 June 2021 at Christie’s in London. Artwork: © The Estate of Alberto Giacometti (Fondation Giacometti, Paris and ADAGP, Paris), licensed in the UK by ACS and DACS, London 2021

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