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Some Houses on Iron Hill is a 1992 reworking by Peter Doig of two earlier versions of the same scene. Doig said that ‘painting should evolve into a type of abstraction’, and here the road with its cars and headlights becomes a vertical strip on the right, and the solid houses fade in and out of focus
 
Estimate: £600,000-800,000
1 March, London
 
 
 
 
 
Born in Beijing in 1945, Hu Yongkai is known for his deep engagement with both Chinese and Western art. Although it takes the form of a traditional scroll and is executed in ink on paper, Lady Drinking Tea evokes the style of oil paintings by Matisse and Modigliani
 
Estimate: HK$10,000-15,000
until 28 February, Online
 
 
 
 
 
Andreas Gursky’s Copan, from 2002, captures a landmark building in São Paulo: Oscar Niemeyer’s Edifício Copan. The artist knitted together multiple photographs to create a sublime, minutely detailed panorama of the undulating façade — and at just over three metres wide, it is fittingly epic in scale
 
Estimate: £150,000-200,000
2 March, London
 
 
 
 
 
Ewa Juszkiewicz uses masks to subvert traditional portraits of women — hence the foliage hiding the sitter’s face in her 2014 work Untitled. As the artist has put it, ‘I think the mask allows us to say more, because it frees us from the conventions we have adhered to all our lives’
 
Estimate: CNY 220,000-500,000
1 March, Shanghai
 
 
 
 
 
 
          
 
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Heinz Berggruen in San Francisco, 1939. Photo: Scala, Florence / bpk, Bildagentur für Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte, Berlin // Adjei Tawiah (b. 1987), Pink Suit, 2020. Oil and sponge cloth on canvas. Estimate: £15,000-20,000 / Flora Yukhnovich (b. 1990), Study of Putti, 2017. Oil on linen. Estimate: £40,000-60,000 / Atanda Quadri Adebayo (b. 1999), Let Love Lead, 2021. Acrylic and charcoal on canvas. Estimate: £8,000-12,000 / Rafa Macarrón (b. 1981), Primera cita (First Date), 2012. Oil, sand, pipe cleaners and mixed media on canvas. Estimate: £50,000-70,000 / Tomokazu Matsuyama (b. 1976), Losing you more, 2019. Acrylic on canvas. Estimate: £30,000-50,000. All offered in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale on 2 March 2022 at Christie’s in London // Eileen Agar in Mougins, 1937. Photographer unknown. Photo: © Tate. Eileen Agar (1899-1991), Rite of Spring, 1971. Oil on canvas. Estimate: £8,000-12,000. Offered in First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Online, 23 February-9 March 2022 // Francis Picabia in his Paris studio, 1912. Photo: © Granger / Bridgeman Images. Artwork: © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2022 // Erich Heckel (1883-1970), Knaben am Strand (Zwei Knaben am Meer), 1919. Oil on canvas. Estimate: £150,000-250,000. Offered in the Impressionist and Modern Art Day and Works on Paper Sale on 4 March 2022 at Christie’s in London