Online Magazine No.325

The Paul G. Allen Collection, Georges Seurat, Japanese whisky, Fondation Beyeler, Salman Toor, Photographs, and more | [View in browser]( [Christie's]( [BUY]( [SELL]( [STORIES]( [Christie's] [How these two great paintings, both owned by Paul G. Allen, revolutionised an iconic motif]( [‘God, what I would give to have dinner with him’ — the art historian’s verdict on Seurat]( ‘ [Why collectors are sniffing out Japanese whisky, and how to tell your Yoichi from your Yamazaki]( [Round trip: the circles and spheres that shape a hypnotic collection of photographs]( [‘It just grew from the pictures we wanted to live with’: the story of Switzerland’s Fondation Beyeler]( [The world of Salman Toor — the Pakistan-born artist’s 4 Guests is offered in aid of flood relief]( [More stories]( Editor’s picks [The heat of a Mediterranean August seems to radiate from the canvas of Nicolas de Staël’s Agrigente. On a trip through Italy in the summer of 1953, the artist and his family made their way to Sicily, where the ancient city of Agrigento inspired this blend of landscape and abstraction]( [Estimate: $4,500,000-6,500,000 17 November, New York]( [César is known for the works of art he made by crushing entire cars in an industrial compressor. Though similar in approach, the French sculptor’s Compression de Capsules, from around 1990, is on a much smaller scale: the block of compacted beer-bottle tops stands just six centimetres high]( [Estimate: £700-1,000 until 10 November, Online]( [Caroline Walker’s Study for Bedding, Room 44 offers a glimpse into the artist’s creative process. Many of her paintings depict overlooked jobs done by women, in this case making the beds in a hotel. The larger work for which this was a preparatory study sold for £428,400 at Christie’s in July]( [Estimate: $30,000-40,000 18 November, New York]( [The luggage of the future has arrived, in the form of this limited-edition Hermès suitcase by Daiske Nomura. Styled in the brand’s Bleu Indigo Swift leather (with yellow and green wheels to keep it moving), the case features space-age imagery that reflects Nomura’s love of sci-fi cartoons]( [Estimate: €8,000-10,000 until 17 November, Online](   © [Christie’s 2022]( [Web version]( | [Privacy policy]( | [Unsubscribe from Online Magazine]( Sarah Moon (b.1941), La robe à pois, 1996. Pigment print. 57 x 41.6 cm (22⅜ x 16⅜ in). Estimate: €12,000-18,000. © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2022 / Paul Outerbridge, Jr (1896-1958), Leavenings, 1931. Gelatin silver print, mounted on board. 21.6 x 15.9 cm (8½ x 6¼ in). Estimate: €10,000-15,000. © 2022 G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA. Both offered in Photographies until 8 November 2022 at Christie’s Online // Ernst and Hildy Beyeler, 1997. Photo: Niggi Bräuning / Pablo Picasso, Femme (Epoque des Desmoiselles d’Avignon), 1907. Oil on canvas. 119 x 93.5 cm. Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel. Beyeler Collection. © Succession Picasso / DACS, London 2022. Photo: Robert Beyer, Basel // Salman Toor, 4 Guests, 2019. Oil on canvas. 39⅛ x 43⅛ in (99.4 x 109.5 cm). Estimate: $120,000-$180,000. Offered in the 21st Century Evening Sale on 17 November 2022 at Christie’s in New York. Property sold to benefit CORE’s emergency response to floods in Pakistan. Artwork: © Salman Toor; Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York