Christie's Online Magazine No.363

From: Christie's - Saturday Oct 14, 2023 03:15 pm

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Joan Miró, 20th/21st Century London sale results, Jerry Moss, Brenda Zlamany on Hockney, John William Godward, Niall Smith, and more |

Joan Miró’s Peinture (Femmes, lune, étoiles): hung on the walls of La Colombe d’Or for over 70 years

Basquiat, Kees van Dongen and Paula Rego lead the 20th/21st Century London evening sales

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The Collection of Jerry Moss, co-founder of A&M Records — ‘The perfect label for a musician’

‘You see David experimenting with line as language’ — what it’s like to be drawn by Hockney

‘So audacious’ — why this work, painted in response to Leighton’s Flaming June, ‘is such a bold act’

‘As exclusive as Studio 54’ — how this Irish antiques dealer won over New York’s design elite

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Editor’s picks

The Italian artist Domenico Gnoli worked as a theatre costume designer in the 1950s, and later put tailoring centre stage in his paintings. Giro di collo 15½, a 1966 image of a shirt collar, is part of a series of enigmatic, contemplative, large-scale works showing items of clothing in close-up

Estimate: €1,500,000-2,500,000
20 October, Paris

This picture of Saint Agnes, from a 16th-century Italian choirbook, is by ‘Master B.F.’, a student of Leonardo da Vinci. He is identified by some as Francesco Binasco, later court illuminator to the Duke of Milan. Set within an initial D, the saint is shown with her ever-present symbol, the lamb

Estimate: $40,000-60,000
until 19 October, Online

What is my name, from 2007, depicts a polar bear standing more than two metres high. It is the work of Paola Pivi, whose ursine obsession was sparked by an encounter in the wilds of Alaska. Typically for the artist, the bear is covered in feathers, not fur; but unusually, it is white rather than neon-coloured

Estimate: €30,000-50,000
19 October, Paris

Painted by Robyn Denny for Austin Reed menswear on Regent Street in London, The Austin Reed Mural became an icon of the Swinging Sixties, even though it was made in 1959. The explosive, Pop-art mix of words and Union Jack colours was so hip that the Beatles were photographed in front of it

Estimate: £180,000-250,000
18 October, London

Joan Miró (1893-1983), Peinture (Femmes, lune, étoiles), 1949. Oil and casein paint on canvas. 28¾ x 36¼ in (73.1 x 92.1 cm). Estimate on request. Offered in Avant-Garde(s) Including Thinking Italian on 20 October 2023 at Christie’s in Paris // Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), Future Sciences Versus the Man, 1982. Acrylic, oilstick and paper collage on canvas with tied wood supports. 60 x 60 in (152.5 x 152.5 cm). Sold for £10,430,000 on 13 October 2023 at Christie’s in London // Jerry Moss, Los Angeles, 1968. Photo: Bonny Schiffman / Getty Images // Brenda Zlamany in her studio next to her work Portrait #138 (David Hockney) // John William Godward, R.B.A. (1861-1922), A Siesta. Oil on canvas. 32⅝ x 28¾ in (82.9 x 73 cm). Estimate: $500,000-700,000. Offered in European Art on 20 October 2023 at Christie’s in New York

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