Christie's Online Magazine No.279

From: Christie's - Saturday Oct 02, 2021 03:04 pm

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Cézanne’s L’Estaque, YSL drawings, Contemporary African art, Robert Frank, 1960s Rome, Dame Laura Knight, and more |

‘Without this work, there is no Cubism’: Cézanne’s vision of the village that became his sanctuary

An Englishwoman in 1920s Baltimore: how Laura Knight crossed the city’s racial barriers

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‘Contemporary African art is entrenched now’: the curator of 1-54 on Africa’s leading artists

Eternal inspiration: why artists such as Twombly, Kounellis and Burri flocked to 1960s Rome

‘He sucked a sad poem right out of America onto film’ — the photography of Robert Frank

The private side of Yves Saint Laurent: intimate drawings that hint at the icon’s inner world

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Editor’s picks

Painted by Cesare Dandini in the 1640s, Head of a Youth is a study in oils for a larger picture now in the Luzzetti collection in Florence. Yet it is a stunning work of art in its own right, with the fluid brushwork giving the portrait a thrilling sense of vitality and drama

Estimate: $100,000-150,000
14 October, New York

A defining feature of the coveted Kelly bag is its distinctive padlock — and serious fans can carry one on their wrist in the form of this Hermès Kelly watch. Made of 18ct yellow gold set with round and single-cut diamonds, the timepiece clips onto a plate riveted to the strap

Estimate: HK$30,000-50,000
until 7 October, Online

Barbara Kruger’s Untitled (Talk to me), from 2000, features her trademark white-on-red text against a black-and-white image. It is also typical in speaking directly to the viewer. ‘Direct address has motored my work from the very beginning,’ the artist has said. ‘I like it because it cuts through the grease’

Estimate: €150,000-200,000
13 October, Paris

This baseball is signed by one of America’s greatest ever sports stars: Babe Ruth. In Glenn Stout’s history of the Yankees, the team where ‘the Bambino’ reached his peak, he is described as ‘New York incarnate: uncouth and raw, flamboyant and flashy, oversized, out of scale, and absolutely unstoppable’

Estimate: $10,000-15,000
7 October, New York

Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), L’Estaque aux toits rouges, 1883-85 (detail). Oil on canvas. 25¾ x 32 in (65.5 x 81.4 cm). Estimate: $35,000,000-55,000,000. Offered in The Cox Collection: The Story of Impressionism on 11 November 2021 at Christie’s in New York // Dame Laura Knight, R.A, R.W.S. (1877-1970), A Child at the Baltimore Children’s Hospital, 1926-1927 (detail). Oil on canvas. 12 x 16 in (30.5 x 40.7 cm). Estimate: $100,000-150,000. Offered in Christie’s European Art Part I on 13 October 2021 in New York // Oluwole Omofemi, Invader IV, 2021. Oil and acrylic on canvas. 119 x 119 cm. Courtesy of OOA Gallery / Joana Choumali, All Territories of Feelings, 2020. Embroidery on digital photography printed on canvas. 50 x 50 cm. Courtesy of Loft Art Gallery / Zanele Muholi, Khalima, 2021. Acrylic on canvas. 180 x 120 cm. Courtesy of Galerie Carole Kvasnevski / Marc Padeu, Blue Night Romance, 2019. Acrylic on canvas. 210 x 270 cm. Courtesy of Jack Bell Gallery / King Houndekpinkou, Green Lights, 2021. Glazed ceramics. 38.5 x 37 x 37 cm. Courtesy of 50 Golborne Gallery / King Houndekpinkou // The Colosseum, Rome, 1960. Photo: Bettmann / Getty Images // Robert Frank (1924-2019), Parade – Hoboken, New Jersey, 1955. Gelatin silver print, printed c.1977. Image: 9 x 13¾ in (22.8 x 34.9 cm). Sheet: 12 x 16 in (30.4 x 40.6 cm). Estimate: $100,000-150,000. Offered in Photographs on 6 October 2021 at Christie’s in New York // Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, 1978. Photo: © Martine Franck/Magnum Photos

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