Christie's Online Magazine No.310

From: Christie's - Saturday May 28, 2022 02:58 pm

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Portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, Meet the Missonis, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Fra Angelico, Diego Giacometti, Asian art in Paris, and more |

Queen Elizabeth II: we look at 70 years of portraits by Beaton, Levine, Freud, Warhol and more

‘I had the chance to ask a great artist to do wonderful things’: Givenchy and Diego Giacometti

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Louis Comfort Tiffany — from windows to watercolours, 44 lots that reflect his artistic journey

Cut from the same cloth: Rosita, Angela and Margherita Missoni talk fashion and favourite artists

When piety met ‘perfect talent’: Fra Angelico’s Saint Dominic and the Stigmatization of Saint Francis

‘There is a lot of Asian art in France that rarely gets seen’ — anticipating Printemps Asiatique

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Editor’s picks

Birds on branches were among the favourite subjects of the great Chinese artist Xu Beihong (1895-1953). Looking at Cat on Tree, in which the subject is setting out to creep along a bough, we are perhaps invited to imagine one such bird out of sight to the left of the picture

Estimate: HK$220,000-320,000
until 30 May, Online

Two sides of the brilliant French designer Jean-Michel Frank are revealed in this chic pair of armchairs dating from around 1930. Their boxy wooden frames speak of no-nonsense Modernist efficiency; yet the fleecy woollen upholstery shows Frank’s delight in contrasting materials and tactile surfaces

Estimate: $120,000-180,000
6 June, New York

The Royal Salute Platinum Jubilee Edition has been created to celebrate the 70-year reign of Elizabeth II. A blend of Speyside whiskies from seven ‘silent stills’ — distilleries no longer in use — it comes in a set of seven crystal decanters, each decorated with a different brooch worn by the monarch

Estimate: £100,000-150,000
8 June, London

Using mosaic tiles to replicate the pixels of early video games, the street artist Invader has installed pieces all over the world. In Mars, from 2005, the planet gets the Minimalist treatment, with red tiles indicating its surface and two white squares in the green sky representing its twin moons

Estimate: €20,000-30,000
until 8 June, Online

Queen Elizabeth II in her coronation robes, 1953. Photo: © Cecil Beaton / Victoria and Albert Museum, London / Chris Levine, Lightness of Being, 2008 // Diego Giacometti (1902-1985), door knocker, c. 1975-1980. Patinated bronze. 11⅜ x 7½ x 2 in (29 x 19 x 5 cm). Estimate: €80,000-120,000 / Diego Giacometti (1902-85), Oiseau et coupelle console table, c. 1976. Patinated bronze, painted wrought iron and glass. 31½ x 47⅘ x 20⅕ in (80 x 121.5 x 51.5 cm). Estimate: €400,000-600,000. Both offered in Hubert de Givenchy — Collectionneur: Chefs-d’oeuvre | Masterpieces on 14 June 2022 at Christie’s in Paris / Diego Giacometti (1902-85), Trophy, c. 1978. Plaster and acrylic on a glass base. With base: 11⅞ x 8⅛ x 3⅜ in (30 x 20.5 x 8.5 cm). Estimate: €20,000-30,000 / Diego Giacometti (1902-85), Bucky, c. 1970-1980. Patinated bronze. 4¾ x 2¾ x 4⅞ in (12 x 7 x 12.5 cm). Estimate: €20,000-30,000 / Diego Giacometti (1902-85), Caryatid table model, c. 1983. Plaster. 6¾ x 15⅞ in (17 x 40.5 cm). Estimate: €20,000-30,000. All offered in Hubert de Givenchy — Collectionneur: Hôtel d’Orrouer I-II et Manoir du Jonchet | Day Sales 15-17 June 2022 at Christie’s in Paris // Margherita, Angela and Rosita Missoni. Photo: Martina Giammaria

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