Online Magazine No.183

Rothschild treasures, Inside the new Balenciaga exhibition, The mystery of the ‘licking dog’, Old Masters in close-up, The fearless Kara Walker, Three books that put mankind in its place, Why pastels became popular, Rembrandt’s self-portraits, and more [Christie's]( [Ready for your close-up? We turn the spotlight on six fascinating Italian Old Masters]( [Treasures owned by the Rothschilds, ‘the greatest ever family of non-royal collectors’]( [Confronting the void — and the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern — with the fearless Kara Walker]( [The mystery of the ‘licking dog’ unearthed in a field by two British metal detectorists]( [‘Luminous and beautiful beyond all other pictures’ — the rise of pastel in the 18th century]( [Balenciaga and Spanish Painting — an exclusive video tour of the fabulous new exhibition]( Also on Christies.com [From the confidence of youth to sombre middle age, how Rembrandt’s self-portraits reflect his changing fortunes]( [Three remarkable books that first proved mankind does not exist at the centre of the universe]( [More stories]( Editor’s picks [Sabado por la Noche (Saturday Night) (1984) by Jean-Michel Basquiat is from an important period in the artist’s career when he began working with Warhol and had his first solo museum show]( [Estimate: £7,500,000–11,000,000 25 June, London]( [This Meissen porcelain plate is decorated with an unusual variation of the ‘Red Dragon’ pattern, a design usually reserved for the Saxon royal court in the 18th century]( [Estimate: £1,000–1,500 2–9 July, Online]( [Bartolomeo Montagna was the leading painter in Vicenza, Italy, in the late 15th century. Most of his surviving 30 drawings are now in museum collections; this rare example was acquired at auction by Viscount Lascelles, later Lord Harewood, in 1918]( [Estimate: £1,000,000–1,500,000 2 July, London]( [This is the only known signed manuscript of André Breton and Paul Éluard’s groundbreaking Dictionnaire abrégé du Surréalisme from 1938. It comes from the celebrated collection of French bibliophile Paul Destribats]( [Estimate: €100,000-150,000 3–5 July, Paris]( [More trending lots]( Plan your visit to Christie’s [London Enjoy art from antiquity to the 20th century, presented across 15 sales during Classic Week, 29 June–10 July]( [Christie’s Education Last chance to sign up for our three-day Contemporary Art and Architecture Tour, in collaboration with Adventures in Art, 2–4 October]( [Full listings]( © [Christie’s 2019]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe from Online Magazine]( Kare Walker. Photo: © Ari Marcopoulos. Artwork: © Kara Walker