Christie's Online Magazine No.312

From: Christie's - Saturday Jun 11, 2022 03:03 pm

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Late Chagall, Monet in London, The Thinker, Old Masters, An early Egyptian statue, Abstract takes on nature, and more |

How Marc Chagall composed ‘an artistic vision of peace’ in the brilliant twilight of his career

Monet’s on-off love affair with London: ‘There’s no land more extraordinary for a painter’

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When nature and colour collide — works by Vivian Springford, Emily Mason and Wolf Kahn

‘My head was like an egg ready to hatch’: Rodin, Dante’s Inferno, and the genesis of The Thinker

‘A brilliant example of early Egyptian portraiture’: formerly owned by King George III

Old Masters for new collectors: including works once attributed to Rembrandt and Rubens

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Editor’s picks

In the 1780s, George Romney was working on a painting of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. His model for Miranda was Emma Hamilton, later famous for her relationship with Lord Nelson. Head of Miranda appears to be a copy of one of Romney’s studies of her, by an artist in his circle

Estimate: $3,000-5,000
until 16 June, Online

Although made with great artistry around 1908-17, this realistically modelled silver Fabergé bear isn’t just a decorative item. Designed to sit on a desk or side table, it is a bell-push that was used to summon servants — the mechanism being operated by touching the bear’s jaw

Estimate: £10,000-15,000
until 16 June, Online

For 46 years, Peter Dreher painted the same glass every day. Tag um Tag guter Tag (N. 2465 Nacht), from 2009, is his 2,465th such work. As he once said: ‘I tried to find a way to show that I must paint, that there are people in the world who have this desire and cannot deny it’

Estimate: €10,000-15,000
until 16 June, Online

Attributed to the great André-Charles Boulle, this Louis XIV clock represents the passage of time through the figures of the three Fates. Clotho, above the dial, unwinds the thread of life, which is being pulled by Lachesis on the left, while the veiled Atropos prepares to cut it

Estimate: €120,000-180,000
14 June, Paris

Marc Chagall in 1968. Photo: Daniel Frasnay / akg-images. Artwork: © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2022 / Marc Chagall (1887-1985), L’inspiration du peintre au chevalet, 1977. Gouache and coloured crayons on paper. 26 x 19⅓ in (66 x 49 cm). Estimate: £150,000-200,000. Offered in Marc Chagall, Colour of Life: Works Formerly from the Artist’s Estate on 28 June 2022 at Christie’s in London // Vivian Springford (1913-2003), Expansionist Series, 1975. Acrylic on canvas. 70 x 70 in (177.8 x 177.8 cm) / Emily Mason (1932-2019), Heated, 2015. Oil on canvas. 24¼ x 26¼ in (61.6 x 66.7 cm) / Wolf Kahn (1972-2020), A Slight Curve at the Meadow’s Edge, 1989. Oil on canvas. 52¼ x 68 in (132.7 x 172.7 cm). All offered in Nature Abstracted: Vivian Springford, Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason until 26 June 2022 at Christie’s in Southampton, NY

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