Christie’s, London, is holding its Impressionist and Modern Art Day and Works on Paper Sale on the 29 June 2022 at 1pm. The event is part of its 20/21 London to Paris Marquee Week which offers fine art buyers a wide range of works by 20th century masters, including Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Pablo Picasso, Hannah Höch and many more.
The London sale is led by paintings by 20th Century masters including a strong German art section encompassing the Deutsche Bank Collection, and sculptures from The David & Laura Finn Collection. Highlights include:
- Paul Gauguin’s Vue de Rouen (1884, estimate: £800,000 – 1,200,000), one of the artist’s en plein air paintings from his time living in the French city of Rouen. The execution of this painting prefigures Gauguin’s leading role in the Pont-Aven movement and his renowned Tahitian paintings.
- Camille Pissarro’s Paysannes portant un panier (1888, estimate: £450,000 – 650,000) exemplifies the rural portraiture that preoccupied Pissarro for over two decades, resulting in some of his best known works.
- Hannah Höch’s surrealist work Doppelkopf (c. 1946, estimate: £200,000 – 300,000) which depicts a mysterious double headed figure, with some forms in the painting reminiscent of Höch’s commercial textile designs.
Four works from a private European collection are being sold to benefit a charitable foundation. The group is led by Joan Miró’s Tête bleue (1962, estimate: £200,000 – 300,000), part of a series of 54 works referred to as cartones, each executed on a rectangle of board; it depicts Miró’s symbolic treatment of the tête, a motif that the artist often returned to.
A section of the sale is dedicated to German art. Gabriele Münter’s Lampe im Fenster (c.1912, estimate: £200,000-300,000) is presented alongside a selection of 19 works from the Deutsche Bank Collection. A further highlight from the collection is Wilhelm Lehmbruck’s sculpture Weiblicher torso (Große Stehende) (1910, estimate: £150,000 – 250,000) which was exhibited in Frankfurt at the Städel Museum in 1980.
‘The Eye Of A Sculptor: Works From The David & Laura Finn Collection’, offers a selection of work across the 20th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale as well as the Impressionist and Modern Day and Works on Paper Sale. On 29 June, the group is led by Henry Moore’s Horse (1984, Estimate: £400,000 – 600,000).
Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale, London, 1 July 2022
As part of the 20/21 London to Paris sale series, Christie’s will be hosting the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale in London on 1 July 2022. This offers artworks by both established and contemporary names. Pop Art is a focus in the Day Sale, featuring a number of key works by Andy Warhol, John Wesley and Richard Pettibone. Warhol drew his own rendition of the dollar sign, which he then enlarged and developed into a series of silkscreened paintings, exemplified in Dollar Sign, (1981, estimate: £400,000 – 600,000).
In light of the recent Platinum Jubilee celebrations, there are two portraits of Queen Elizabeth II by Andy Warhol both screenprints from the Reigning Queens (Royal Edition) and executed in 1985 (red version, estimate: £250,000 – 350,000, blue version, estimate: £200,000-300,000).
Representing the best in contemporary practice, Joy Labinjo’s The Real Thugs of Britain (2020, estimate: £40,000-60,000) belongs to a series which marked her first response to the Black Lives Matter protests, drawing on photographs of protestors, police officers and businessmen.
First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Online, 21 June – 5 July 2022
Open for bidding at Christie’s online, between 21 June – 5 July 2022, the First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Online sale, part of the 20/21 London to Paris sale series, comprises works by contemporary artists, many of which are being offered in an auction platform for the first time.
Highlights include vibrant paintings by Auudi Dorsey, Paid Dues (2021, estimate: £5,000 – GBP 7,000), Matthew Eguavoen’s New School, Old Identity (2021, estimate: £5,000 – 7,000) and Enoch Chinweuba’s Love Again (2021, estimate: £2,000 – 3,000) offer collectors at all stages an opportunity to acquire work by emerging artists.
Caroline Walker’s Study for Home Visit (2016, estimate: £20,000 – 30,000), is a leading example of contemporary portraiture and points to a new direction for figuration.
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Photo: Paul Gauguin’s Vue de Rouen (1884) . CHRISTIE’S IMAGES LTD. 2022