Online Magazine No.280

Louise Bourgeois, Collecting guitars, Carracci’s Annunciation, Greek helmets, Art vs climate change, Francesco Vezzoli, and more | [View in browser]( [Christie's]( [BUY]( [SELL]( [STORIES]( [Christie's] [‘I work like a bee,’ said Louise Bourgeois — so why is she best known for her giant spiders?]( [‘Revolutionary’: how Annibale Carracci’s Annunciation reconciles the human with the divine]( ‘ [Notes on guitars: why scrapes, cuts and sweat stains can make an instrument sing at auction]( [Greener art: how Cecily Brown, lawyers, gallerists and Christie’s are confronting climate change]( [The unpredictable art of Francesco Vezzoli: spectacle, sex, celebrity — and antiquity]( [How to get ahead in Greek helmets — all you need to know, from patina to the ‘death blow’]( [More stories]( Editor’s picks [Birds, blooms and foliage cover every inch of this exuberant pair of Meissen ewers. Among densely packed white blossoms and trailing snowball flowers, each ewer has a parrot on one side and an oriole on the other, with fluttering finches on the foot and the ribbon-tied handle]( [Estimate: $40,000-60,000 until 19 October, Online]( [The region of Hell Creek, Montana, is a rich source of dinosaur remains — including this juvenile triceratops skull, dating from around 65 million years ago. Triceratops was a herbivore, so its famous horns weren’t used for hunting but as a defence from apex predators such as the T-rex]( [Estimate: £300,000-500,000 12-26 October, Online]( [This oil sketch of the Grand Canal in Venice was made by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot in 1828. Painted rapidly on the spot, it anticipates the approach of the Impressionists, who idolised the artist. As Claude Monet said, ‘There is only one master here — Corot. We are nothing compared to him’]( [Estimate: $300,000-500,000 13 October, New York]( [Given its impressive size, this Roman bronze arm is likely to have come from a statue of a deity or emperor. At first sight, the forefinger may appear to be beckoning, but comparisons with other ancient sculptures suggest that the hand might in fact once have carried a spear]( [Estimate: $70,000-90,000 12 October, New York](   © [Christie’s 2021]( [Web version]( | [Privacy policy]( | [Unsubscribe from Online Magazine]( Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010), Spider. Bronze. 128½ x 298 x 278 in (326.3 x 756.9 x 706.1 cm). Conceived in 1996 and cast in 1997. Artwork: © The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY and DACS, London 2021 // Annibale Carracci (1560-1609), The Annunciation (detail). Oil on canvas. 54¼ x 39¾ in (137.7 x 101 cm). Estimate: $3,000,000-5,000,000. Offered in Old Master Paintings and Sculpture on 14 October 2021 at Christie’s in New York // Cecily Brown (b. 1969), There’ll be bluebirds, 2019. Oil on UV-curable pigment on linen. 53 x 66¾ in (134.5 x 169.5 cm). Estimate: £500,000-700,000. Offered in 20th/21st Century: Evening Sale including Thinking Italian on 15 October 2021 at Christie’s in London // Francesco Vezzoli. Photo: Matthias Vriens. © Francesco Vezzoli