Going Once | 4 May 2024

Hot 20th/21st century artists, Museum Barberini, 1960s Los Angeles, Surrealism guide, Royal Oak watches, and more ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [Christie's]( [Christie's]( [Going Once] [Going Once] 4 ‌May‌ 2024 This week’s stories The artists everyone is talking about — right now [ ]( From Venice to Hong Kong to Vienna, why the likes of Mehretu, Nauman, de Kooning and Party are centre stage in the art world [Read more]( [ ]( ‘I felt: I want to be a part of that’ — how Ed Ruscha and David Hockney found artistic freedom in 1960s Los Angeles [Read more]( [ ]( Everything you ever wanted to know about Surrealism — and the contemporary artists who have picked up the baton [Read more]( [ ]( Museum Barberini: how this small Potsdam museum — just seven years old — is taking on Berlin’s big hitters [Read more]( [ ]( Royal Oak watches — why Audemars Piguet’s best-known design makes the hearts of collectors beat a little bit faster [Read more]( [More Stories]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Editor’s picks [ ]( Jonas Wood’s 2014 painting [Landscape Pot 1]( is part of a series focused on ceramics, the art practised by his wife, Shio Kusaka. Combining still life and landscape, it depicts a plant in a pot decorated with a hilltop view (including radio and mobile-phone masts) and is on a startlingly epic scale, at just under 10 feet tall Estimate: $2,200,000-2,800,000 14 ‌May‌, New York [ ]( The pendant on this [Bulgari sautoir]( is designed so that it can be removed and worn on its own as a brooch. The serpent’s body — made of rose gold and set with round and pear-shaped diamonds — is punctuated with dark panels to represent its markings, in an apt choice of material: snakewood Estimate: CHF 60,000-80,000 until 22 ‌May‌, Online [ ]( A realistic view of a rocky shore, with crashing waves, a bobbing surfer and a group of sunbathers, is subverted by Mark Tansey in his 1991 canvas [Archive](. Looming enigmatically above the tiny figures is a cliff face formed of mostly illegible text from a book of literary theory, Blindness and Insight by Paul de Man Estimate: $800,000-1,200,000 17 ‌May‌, New York [ ]( Dating from 1985, [Long Term Parking]( is by the French-American artist Arman. It consists of a pile of toy cars encased in concrete, and is a domestic-sized version of the towering original, made in 1982 in Jouy-en-Josas, near Paris, for which Arman used 60 real cars and 18,000 kilos of concrete Estimate: $6,000-8,000 until 21 ‌May‌, Online [Browse Auctions]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What’s on Auction viewing | New York [20th/21st Century Art sale series, 4-18 ‌May‌]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Auction viewing | Geneva [Rare Watches Including the Property of Michael Schumacher, 10-12 ‌May‌]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Whats_on_3@@@ Works on tour | Geneva [Hong Kong spring auction highlights, 10-15 ‌May‌]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Spotlight on [ ]( • [Art Deco jewellery:]( the shapes, the stones, the materials and the inspiration behind the shift towards the clean lines of modernity • [The disruptive art of Francesco Vezzoli:]( spectacle, sex, celebrity and antiquity • ‘Christie’s has had the privilege of selling some of the most important pearls in history’: [watch our short film]( on collecting pearls, both natural and cultured [ ]( Anytime, Anywhere [Private Sales: Our best kept secret]( ART AND LUXURY, READY TO TAKE HOME [Buy Now]( [ ]( Live Auction [Jewels Online: The Geneva Edit]( ONLINE, 8-22 ‌May‌ [Browse Now]( [All Stories]( [Auctions]( [Private Sales]( [Christie’s 3.0]( @@@footer_c3 @@@footer_c3 [Christie's]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us [INSTAGRAM]( | [FACEBOOK]( | [WECHAT]( [© CHRISTIE'S 2024]( [Web version]( | [Privacy policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( Clockwise from left: Nicolas Party (b. 1980), Grotto, 2019. Soft pastel on linen. 75⅛ x 65 in (190.5 x 160.1 cm). Estimate: $2,000,000-3,000,000. Offered in the 21st Century Evening Sale on 14 ‌May‌ 2024 at Christie’s in New York / Henry Taylor (b. 1958), C&H, 2006. Acrylic on canvas. 68 x 77 in (172.7 x 195.6 cm). Estimate: $400,000-600,000. Offered in the 21st Century Evening Sale on 14 ‌May‌ 2024 at Christie’s in New York / Bruce Nauman (b. 1941), Hanged Man, 1985. Neon tubing on metal monolith. 84 ¼ x 60 x 7 ¼ in (214 x 152.4 x 18.4 cm). Estimate: $4,000,000-6,000,000. Offered in the 21st Century Evening Sale on 14 ‌May‌ 2024 at Christie’s in New York / Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), Man in Wainscott, 1969. 60 x 48¼ in (152.4 x 122.6 cm). Oil on paper and newsprint collage mounted on canvas. Estimate: $4,000,000-6,000,000. Offered in the 20th Century Evening Sale on 16 ‌May‌ 2024 at Christie’s in New York / Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997), Modern Painting with Ionic Column, 1967. Acrylic, oil and graphite on canvas. 62 x 82⅛ in (157.5 x 208.6 cm). Estimate: $6,000,000-8,000,000. Offered in the 20th Century Evening Sale on 16 ‌May‌ 2024 at Christie’s in New York / Julie Mehretu (b. 1970), Mumbaphilia (J.E.), 2018. Acrylic and ink on canvas. 96 x 72 in (243.8 x 182.9 cm). Estimate: $5,000,000-7,000,000. Offered in the 21st Century Evening Sale on 14 ‌May‌ 2024 at Christie’s in New York // Hollywood sign, c. 1958. Photo: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images // Salvador Dalí (1904-1989), Dessin pour Spellbound, 1945. Brush and pen and India and black inks over pencil on paper. 6⅛ x 7⅞ in (15.5 x 20.1 cm). Estimate: $50,000-70,000. Offered in the Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper Sale on 18 ‌May‌ 2024 at Christie’s in New York. © 2024 Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York // Museum Barberini in Potsdam. Photo: © Museum Barberini / Helge Mundt