Christie's Going Once No. 422 | Tamara de Lempicka’s Portrait du Docteur Boucard

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Tamara de Lempicka’s Portrait du Docteur Boucard: an Art Deco masterpiece

The biochemist Pierre Boucard was an ideal subject for Lempicka, who ‘loved art and society in equal measure’ — and she portrayed the scientist as the embodiment of 1920s urbanity and glamour

The Pinault Collection in LA — a rare chance to see portraits by Thomas Houseago, Marlene Dumas, Luc Tuymans and more

Prints and multiples by Alex Katz, Helen Frankenthaler and Ed Ruscha add sparkle to Contemporary Week New York

Wolfgang Tillmans — the chronicler of Nineties youth culture with a radical eye for still lifes and supermodels

Discover the art of Michael Andrews: from dimly lit Soho bars with Freud and Bacon to dazzling aquarium paintings

Printmaker Judith Solodkin on working with Louise Bourgeois: ‘She’d ask me to do things, and the only answer I had was yes’

Editor’s picks

Ellsworth Kelly’s fascination with colour, and how one tone affects another, is evident in Light Blue with Orange, a lithograph dating from 1964-65. It is part of a series of seven identical forms in various combinations — from Black with White to Yellow with Dark Blue — contained within a larger group of works entitled Suite of Twenty-Seven Color Lithographs

Estimate: $5,000-7,000

until 26‌ February‌, Online

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The Chinese artist Huang Zhou was a master of grand landscapes, often featuring hard-working animals such as donkeys, camels or horses in dramatic situations. But his 1972 work Cat is more serene and domestic in tone, with the feline in question — the soft texture of its fur deftly indicated by the use of smudged ink — depicted in the middle of a nap

Estimate: HK$50,000-70,000

until 26‌ February‌, Online

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Port enthusiasts will be keen to acquire the 80-year-old Graham 1945. A piece of history in a bottle, it is a famously excellent vintage, described by wine writer Jancis Robinson as ‘a legend — Everest’ and expected to be in prime condition until 2050. Deep garnet in colour, it has complex flavours of dark fruits, caramel and coffee, with an exceptionally long finish

Estimate: $900-1,300

until 26‌ February‌, Online

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When Lynne Drexler painted Window Frame, in 1980, she was a regular visitor to Monhegan Island off the coast of Maine. It was a much-needed escape from New York, and she would soon settle there permanently. The island’s pine trees and blue skies seem to have inspired this work, a vivid expression of her distinctive tessellated style in the intense, contrasting colours she favoured

Estimate: $40,000-60,000

until 28‌ February‌, Online

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Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980), Portrait du Docteur Boucard, 1928 (detail). Oil on canvas. 53⅛ x 29½ in (135 x 75 cm). Estimate: £5,000,000-8,000,000. Offered in the 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale on 5‌ March‌ 2025 at Christie’s in London. Artwork: © Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2025 // Luc Tuymans (b. 1958), C, 2017 (detail). Oil on canvas. 54⅜ × 30⅜ in (138.1 × 77.1 cm). Pinault Collection. © Luc Tuymans. Courtesy Luc Tuymans. Photo: Maxime Verret. Included in the exhibition Eye Contact: An Invitation to the Pinault Collection until 4‌ April‌ 2025 at Christie’s in Los Angeles // Alex Katz (b. 1927), Eleuthera, 1999 (detail). Screenprint in colours, on Rives paper. Sheet: 48 x 26¾ in (1219 x 680 mm). Estimate: $10,000-15,000. Offered in Contemporary Edition until 26‌ February‌ 2025 at Christie’s Online, New York. Artwork: © 2025 Alex Katz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY // Wolfgang Tillmans (b. 1968), JAL. Chromogenic print. 16 x 12 in (40.6 x 30.5 cm). Photographed in 1997 and printed in 1998, this work is number seven from an edition of 10 plus one artist’s proof. Estimate: £8,000-12,000. Right: Wolfgang Tillmans (b. 1968), Kate sitting. Chromogenic print. 24 x 19⅞ in (61 x 50.8 cm). Photographed in 1996 and printed in 1999, this work is number one from an edition of three plus one artist’s proof. Estimate: £12,000-18,000. Both offered in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale on 6‌ March‌ 2025 at Christie’s in London. Artworks: Courtesy of Galerie Buchholz, Maureen Paley, London, David Zwirner, New York // Michael Andrews (1928-1995), School IV: Barracuda under Skipjack Tuna, 1978 (detail). Acrylic on canvas. 69⅛ x 69⅛ in (175.5 x 175.5 cm). Estimate: £3,000,000-5,000,000. Offered in the 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale on 5‌ March‌ 2025 at Christie’s in London. Artwork: © The Estate of Michael Andrews / Tate // Clockwise, from top left: Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010), Pregnant Caryatid, 2001. Lithograph in red, on fabric. Overall: 37⅛ x 22½ in (943 x 572 mm). Estimate: $6,000-8,000 / Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010), Crochet IV, from Crochet I-V, 1998. Mixografía® print in red, on handmade paper, initialled in pencil. Sheet: 27⅜ x 33 in (695 x 838 mm). Estimate: $5,000-7,000 / Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010), Couples, 2001. Lithograph in colours with hand-colouring in gold acrylic, on Rives BFK paper. Sheet: 44½ x 26 in (1130 x 660 mm). Estimate: $4,000-6,000 / Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010), The Song of the Blacks and the Blues, 1996. Lithograph and woodcut in colours with hand-colouring in gouache and oilstick, on Rives BFK paper. Sheet: 95⅞ x 21½ in (2435 x 546 mm). Estimate: $8,000-12,000. All offered in Contemporary Edition until 26‌ February‌ 2025 at Christie’s Online, New York. Artworks: © 2025 The Easton Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY // Sayed Haider Raza (1922-2016), Black Sun (Le Soleil Noir), 1953. Gouache on paper. 18¼ x 18⅞ in (46.4 x 47.9 cm). Estimate: $300,000-500,000. Offered in South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art on 19‌ March‌ 2025 at Christie’s in New York. Artwork: © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London

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Christie's Going Once No. 422 | Tamara de Lempicka’s Portrait du Docteur Boucard

Tamara de Lempicka’s Portrait du Docteur Boucard: an Art Deco masterpiece

The Pinault Collection in LA — a rare chance to see portraits by Thomas Houseago, Marlene Dumas, Luc Tuymans and more

Prints and multiples by Alex Katz, Helen Frankenthaler and Ed Ruscha add sparkle to Contemporary Week New York

Wolfgang Tillmans — the chronicler of Nineties youth culture with a radical eye for still lifes and supermodels

Discover the art of Michael Andrews: from dimly lit Soho bars with Freud and Bacon to dazzling aquarium paintings

Printmaker Judith Solodkin on working with Louise Bourgeois: ‘She’d ask me to do things, and the only answer I had was yes’

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