Online Magazine No.326

Paul G. Allen Collection totals $1.62bn, Giacometti the Surrealist, Basquiat’s Sugar Ray Robinson, Paris Classic Week, The Weinstock Collection, Art for foodies, and more | [View in browser]( [Christie's]( [BUY]( [SELL]( [STORIES]( [Christie's] [Paul G. Allen Collection realises $1.62bn; biggest sale in auction history sees 5 works top $100m]( [‘The power is palpable’: why Basquiat painted this homage to his hero, Sugar Ray Robinson]( ‘ [When Alberto Giacometti was a Surrealist: ‘with these works he found a footing in the art world’]( [How Lord and Lady Weinstock created ‘a glorious phase in the history of a distinguished house’]( [Paris Classic Week: a royal roll call features Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and the Sun King]( [Delicious art: works to dine out on, from Tuna to Ice Cream Sundae with an Ai Weiwei Coca-Cola]( [More stories]( Editor’s picks [Eva Gonzalès captured her sister Jeanne at a window with a sea view in the 1881 pastel Au bord de la mer (Honfleur). The virtuosic skill of the artist, who trained under Manet, is apparent in her rendering of contrasting textures — fabric, hair, vine leaves — and subtle seaside light effects]( [Estimate: $2,000,000-3,000,000 17 November, New York]( [A lifesize aluminium sculpture of a horse wears a hospital bed like a harness in Urs Fischer’s Horse/Bed from 2013. This seemingly impossible and absurd creation is made strikingly real through the artist’s attention to detail, with the animal’s muscles and the bed’s intricate workings painstakingly delineated]( [Estimate: $800,000-1,200,000 17 November, New York]( [For her 1988 work Does Andy Warhol Make You Cry?, Louise Lawler photographed Warhol’s Round Marilyn when it was on display at Christie’s in New York. The auction-house label is clearly visible, and Lawler added a label of her own, musing on the impact of the Pop artist, who had died the year before]( [Estimate: $80,000-120,000 18 November, New York]( [This 18th-century telescope was made by Claude-Siméon Passemant, an optical pioneer who also produced microscopes and astronomical clocks. A former haberdasher, he devoted himself to science and rose to the rank of court instrument-maker to Louis XV, entitling him to lodgings in the Louvre]( [Estimate: €5,000-8,000 until 23 November, Online](   © [Christie’s 2022]( [Web version]( | [Privacy policy]( | [Unsubscribe from Online Magazine]( Sugar Ray Robinson. Photo: Al Fenn / Getty Images / Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), Sugar Ray Robinson, 1982. Acrylic and oilstick on canvas. 59⅞ x 48¼ in (152.1 x 122.6 cm). Estimate on request. Offered in the 21st Century Evening Sale on 17 November 2022 at Christie's in New York. Artwork: © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2022 // Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), Homme (Apollon), conceived in 1929 and cast in 1954. Bronze with dark brown patina. Height: 15½ in (39.3 cm); length: 11¾ in (30 cm). Estimate: $1,200,000-1,800,000. Right: Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), Femme couchée qui rêve, conceived in 1929 and cast in 1959. Bronze with dark brown patina. Height: 9¼ in (23.4 cm); length: 16¾ in (42 cm). Estimate: $3,000,000-5,000,000. Both offered in the 20th Century Evening Sale on 17 November 2022 at Christie’s in New York. Artwork: © Succession Alberto Giacometti / DACS 2022 // Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842), Marie Antoinette with a Rose, 1783. Photo: © Château de Versailles, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Christophe Fouin // David Wojnarowicz (1954-1992), Tuna, 1982. Acrylic and printed paper collage on supermarket poster. 43¼ x 31¾ in (109.9 x 80.6 cm). Estimate: $100,000-$150,000 // Claes Oldenburg (b. 1929), Ice Cream Sundae on Tray, 1962. Enamel on plaster, glass, ceramic, aluminium spoon, paper napkin and plastic, in six parts. 4⅝ x 16½ x 12 in (11.6 x 41.9 x 30.4 cm). Estimate: $40,000-$60,000 // Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929), Untitled, 1985. Mixed media. 4 x 4½ x 4½ in (10.1 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm). Estimate: $40,000-$60,000 // Oscar Murillo (1958-2006), Untitled (Pizza), 2011. Oil, oilstick, printed paper collage, graphite and dirt on canvas. 70⅞ x 67½ in (180.3 x 171.5 cm). Estimate: $100,000-$150,000 // Anna Weyant (b. 1995), Two Tight Buns, 2018. Oil on panel. 19 x 20 in (48.3 x 50.8 cm). Estimate: $50,000-$70,000 // Ai Weiwei (b. 1957), Coca Cola Vase, 2011. Neolithic vase and paint. 12½ x 12 x 12 in (32 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm). Estimate: $300,000-$500,000. All offered in the Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale on 18 November 2022 at Christie’s in New York