Going Once | Chardin’s masterpiece, The Cut Melon

Jeffrey Gibson, The oldest known book in private hands, The Renault Collection, Salvo, and more [Christie's]( [Christie's]( [Going Once] [Going Once] 25 May 2024 This week’s stories A feast for the senses: Chardin’s The Cut Melon [ ]( An inspiration to Manet, Matisse and Cezanne, the ‘great magician’ — as Denis Diderot called him — painted still lifes that were prized by monarchs and hailed as ‘something to go on your knees before’ [Read more]( [ ]( Why ‘the world needs more Jeffrey Gibson’ — discover the Native American artist having a watershed moment in Venice [Read more]( [ ]( How has the Crosby-Schøyen Codex — the oldest known book in private hands — survived more than 1,700 years? [Read more]( [ ]( The Renault Collection: why the car company recruited Jean Dubuffet and Victor Vasarely to make it a driving force in art [Read more]( [ ]( ‘You need to take on Raphael!’ — how Salvo’s self-imposed challenge made him one of the auction world’s most wanted [Read more]( [More Stories]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Editor’s picks [ ]( ‘One of my best’ was Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s verdict on his [Portrait of Mrs Charles Howell]( an 1869 study of the Pre-Raphaelite muse Kitty Howell. Her husband was a notorious rake and conman, who infamously persuaded Rossetti to exhume his late wife Elizabeth Siddal in order to retrieve the poems he had buried with her Estimate: £500,000-800,000 4 June , London [ ]( With a constellation of old and rose-cut diamonds in a gold and silver setting, this [star brooch]( is a scintillating statement piece. It also has a stellar pedigree, being offered in the original box in which it was presented by its 19th-century makers, the Paris firm of Rouvenat & F. Després Estimate: CHF 7,000-12,000 until 29 May , Online [ ]( Garfield, Bart Simpson and Pikachu are among the cartoon characters to have figured in the work of Katherine Bernhardt, but the Pink Panther seems to be a particular favourite. A contorted version of the famous feline takes centre stage in her large-scale 2019 painting [The Acrobatic Dance]( surrounded by crocodile heads Estimate: HK$300,000-500,000 28 May , Hong Kong [ ]( The work of a towering figure in modern Chinese painting, [Arc de Triomphe]( from 1993, is a true one-off. Wu Guanzhong sketched the original on a visit to Paris in 1989, but when the drawing was later damaged, he photocopied it in black-and-white, then added colours to complete the picture Estimate: HK$300,000-500,000 31 May , Hong Kong [Browse Auctions]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What’s on Last chance | Online auction [Jewels Online: The Geneva Edit, until 29 May ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Exhibition | Hong Kong [From Protégé to Master – The Chinese Painting Collection of Harold Wong, 25-30 May ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Whats_on_3@@@ Closing soon | Online auction [Modern & Contemporary Art Dubai, until 31 May ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Spotlight on [ ]( • [Coloured gemstones]( why red diamonds are rarer than rubies, how to tell green diamonds from emeralds and blue diamonds from sapphires, and more • [Picasso ceramics]( tips for would-be buyers of his plates, bowls, pitchers and vases, from the markings to look out for to choosing the right motif • [The holy trinity of Hermès bags]( the Kelly, the Constance and the Birkin [ ]( Anytime, Anywhere [Private Sales: Our best kept secret]( ART AND LUXURY, READY TO TAKE HOME [Buy Now]( [ ]( Live Auction [British and European Art]( London, 4 June [Browse Auction]( [All Stories]( [Auctions]( [Private Sales]( [Christie’s 3.0]( [Christie's]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us [INSTAGRAM]( | [FACEBOOK]( | [YOUTUBE]( | [WECHAT]( [© CHRISTIE’S 2024]( [Web version]( | [Privacy policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( Installation view of the space in which to place me (Jeffrey Gibson’s exhibition for the United States Pavilion, 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia), 20 April -24 November 2024. From left to right: IF NOT NOW THEN WHEN (2024); The Enforcer (2024); WE WANT TO BE FREE (2024). Mural: WE ARE MADE BY HISTORY (2024). Photograph by Timothy Schenck // Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985), Lice tapisse, 1972. Acrylic on Klegecell. 115⅜ x 153½ in (288 x 386 cm). Estimate: €1,000,000-1,500,000. Offered in Collection Renault, Un temps d’avance on 6 June 2024 at Christie’s in Paris. Artwork: © Jean Dubuffet, DACS 2024 // Salvo (1947-2015), Inverno, 2000 (detail). Oil on canvas. 80.5 x 100.8 cm. Estimate: €70,000-100,000. Offered in the 20th/21st Century Milan Online Sale until 4 June 2024 at Christie’s Online // Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1922-2019), Untitled, 1974 (detail). Mirror mosaic and reverse glass painting, stainless steel, found mirror, paint and plaster on wood. 39⅜ x 25⅜ in (100 x 64.4 cm). Estimate $80,000-120,000. Offered in Modern & Contemporary Art Dubai until 31 May 2024 at Christie’s Online // Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1878-1959), H.R.H. The Princess Royal on ‘Portumna’, and the Earl of Harewood, Master of the Bramham Moor Hunt, on ‘Tommy’ (detail). Oil on canvas. 41½ x 56 in (105.5 x 142.3 cm). Estimate: £800,000-1,200,000. Offered in British and European Art on 4 June 2024 at Christie’s in London. Artwork: © Estate of Sir Alfred Munnings, Dedham, Essex. All rights reserved, DACS 2024