Christie's Online Magazine No.364

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Richard Diebenkorn, Arshile Gorky, Ivan Reitman, Indian paintings, The Women’s Art Collection, Pistoletto, and more |

Diebenkorn in Leningrad: how a 1964 cultural tour of the USSR brought him up close to Matisse

Charred Beloved I: Arshile Gorky’s defiant response to a studio fire that turned 20 paintings to ashes

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A life in pictures: the collection of Ivan Reitman, director of Ghostbusters, comes to Christie’s

Indian paintings: spanning five centuries, and put together by the renowned scholar Toby Falk

Is this Cambridge college home to the most important collection of women’s art in Europe?

Michelangelo Pistoletto at 90: known for his mirror paintings, now sculpting a ‘Third Paradise’

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Editor’s picks

Forêt et rochers is a late work by the French artist André Lhote. He was associated with Fauvism and Cubism, but this wooded landscape from 1960 is most reminiscent of one of his earliest influences, Cezanne. Lhote founded his own art school in Paris, with Henri Cartier-Bresson and Tamara de Lempicka among his students

Estimate: €15,000-20,000
until 24 October, Online

These two oak chairs are part of a group of 100 made by N.E.J. Stevenson, in collaboration with the Snowdon School of Furniture, for the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in May 2023. The dark blue velvet upholstery bears Their Majesties’ monograms, embroidered in gold silk thread

Estimate: £2,000-4,000
until 31 October, Online

Guy Carleton Wiggins is known for paintings of his native New York, among them St Patrick’s Cathedral, an atmospheric 1935 snowscape featuring one of Midtown’s landmark buildings. Something of a prodigy, at the age of 20 Wiggins became the youngest American artist to have a work acquired by the Met

Estimate: $15,000-25,000
until 1 November, Online

Here’s an opportunity to acquire a piece of history in liquid form. The 1884 Louis XV Cognac in these two bottles is from the top-ranked Grande Champagne region, with its mild climate and chalky soil. It was made by Maison J. Balluteaud nearly 140 years ago, predating the construction of the Eiffel Tower

Estimate: £1,800-2,600
until 24 October, Online

Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993), Recollections of a Visit to Leningrad, 1965. Oil on canvas. 71⅜ x 83⅛ in (181.3 x 211.1 cm). Estimate upon request. Offered in the 20th Century Evening Sale on 9 November 2023 at Christie’s in New York. Artwork: © Richard Diebenkorn Foundation // Arshile Gorky (1904-1948), Charred Beloved I, 1946. Oil on canvas. 53½ x 39¾ in (135.9 x 101 cm). Estimate on request. Offered in the 20th Century Evening Sale on 9 November 2023 at Christie’s in New York / Arshile Gorky in 1946. Photo: Gjon Mili / The LIFE Picture Collection / Shutterstock // Ivan Reitman in Los Angeles, 1984. Photo: Jose Galvez / Los Angeles Times via Contour RA / Getty Images // Harriet Loffler, curator of the Women’s Art Collection, with Sun Stars Dawn, 1996, by Gillian Ayres. Photo: Lesley Lau. Artwork: © The Estate of Gillian Ayres R.A., CBE // Michelangelo Pistoletto at Cittadellarte in Biella, Italy. Photo: Andrea Oitana

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