Online Magazine No.337

Georg Baselitz, Alberto Giacometti’s chandelier, Chinese treasures, Wifredo Lam, Latin American sculpture, Sneakers, and more | [View in browser]( [Christie's]( [BUY]( [SELL]( [STORIES]( [Christie's] [‘I was forced to start again’ — why Georg Baselitz was ‘happy to cultivate a notorious fame’]( [Found in a London antiques shop: this Giacometti chandelier with a curious literary backstory]( ‘ [How to upgrade your sneaker collection: our guide to exclusive iterations of well-known classics]( [Chinese art treasures from the collection of the renowned New York scholar-dealer James Lally]( [The ABC of Latin American sculpture: Atchugarry, Botero, Cárdenas, Clark and more]( [Wifredo Lam: the globetrotting Cuban who married Surrealism with his island’s African heritage]( [More stories]( Editor’s picks [Born in Beijing in 1945, Hu Yongkai is known for combining his homeland’s ink and colour techniques with influences from Western art. Though painted on a paper scroll and depicting a woman in traditional dress in a Chinese interior, Pondering shows a touch of Modigliani in the treatment of the figure]( [Estimate: HK$15,000-25,000 until 28 February, Online]( [Figuration and abstraction find perfect balance in Katherine Bradford’s Swimmers Under the Pier, from 2020-21. In part the work resembles a Rothko canvas — a study in pure painterly colour — but the figures bobbing in the water (a frequent motif in the artist’s work) place it firmly in the real world]( [Estimate: £25,000-35,000 1 March, London]( [Giorgio Morandi was born in Bologna and died there aged 73, having spent much of his life making paintings such as Natura Morta (1955). The subtlety of tone in his depictions of vases, bottles, jugs and bowls won him many eminent admirers, and his work appears in films by the likes of Fellini and Antonioni]( [Estimate: £1,000,000-1,500,000 28 February, London]( [Leonor Fini may have resisted the label, but she was a powerful contributor to what we consider Surrealist art. Painted in 1982, Nebbia (meaning ‘fog’) is a typically dreamlike, ambiguous work, with a figure standing in a mysterious space while a half-lit face emerges from the shadows]( [Estimate: £50,000-80,000 3 March, London](   © [Christie’s 2023]( [Web version]( | [Privacy policy]( | [Unsubscribe from Online Magazine]( Georg Baselitz (b. 1938), Elke I, 1975. Oil on canvas. 63¾ x 51⅛ in (162 x 130 cm). Estimate: £2,500,000-3,500,000. Offered in the 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale on 28 February 2023 at Christie’s in London / Georg Baselitz in Schloss Derneburg with Frau Paganismus (Mrs Paganism), 1994. Photo: Jochen Littkemann, Berlin // Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), Chandelier for Peter Watson, conceived in 1946-47. Bronze with golden brown patina. Height: 52¾ in (134 cm). Width: 60⅜ in (153.5 cm). Cast circa 1947-1949; this work is unique. Estimate: £1,500,000-2,500,000. Offered in the 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale on 28 February 2023 at Christie’s in London // Fernando Botero (b. 1932), Mujer vestida, 2003. Bronze with black patina. 142½ x 66 x 58 in (362 x 167.6 x 147.3 cm). Estimate: $1,500,000-2,500,000 / Alicia Penalba (1913-1982), Ventisquero, 1973. Bronze with green-black patina on granite base. 43½ x 45 x 28 in (110.5 x 114.3 x 71.1 cm). Estimate: $40,000-60,000 / Lygia Clark (1920-1988), Bicho, 1960. Brass. 7 x 14½ x ⅛ in (18 x 37 x 0.31 cm) folded; 22½ x 26½ x ⅛ in (57.2 x 67.3 x 0.31 cm) fully extended (dimensions vary when extended). Estimate: $400,000-600,000 / Wifredo Lam (1902-1982), Yemaya, 1977. Bronze. 4 x 32 x 10 in (10.2 x 81.3 x 25.4 cm) (dimensions variable). Estimate: $12,000-18,000. All offered in Latin American Art on 9 March 2023 at Christie's in New York