Online Magazine No.347

Henri Rousseau’s jungle painting, Picasso’s world, the Gerald Fineberg Collection, Shakespeare’s First Folio, Bijoux masterpieces, Contemporary Middle Eastern artists, and more | [View in browser]( [Christie's]( [BUY]( [SELL]( [STORIES]( [Christie's] [Rousseau’s Les Flamants: how the artist’s jungle paintings beguiled Picasso and inspired Surrealism]( [All about Picasso: the music, the muses, Old Masters and media that forged his enduring legacy]( ‘ [Works that showcase the ever-fluid forms of figuration — from the Gerald Fineberg Collection]( [400 years of Shakespeare’s First Folio: copies never before seen in public to go on show in London]( [Bijoux masterpieces by Vuillard, Boudin, Pissarro, Kupka and more — all for under $50,000]( [Hot right now: contemporary artists from the Middle East and North Africa to keep your eye on]( [More stories]( Editor’s picks [In her 2014 painting Scrabble Board, Hilary Pecis brings out the unsung aesthetic qualities of the famous word game. She achieves this by placing the 15 x 15 grid askew against a background of patterned fabric that seems to echo and expand upon the shapes and colours of the board]( [Estimate: $15,000-20,000 12 May, New York]( [Yves Klein is known for the unique colour he created, International Klein Blue; so a red work by him, such as Untitled (M 109), is a rarity. The oil painting on panel dates from 1955, when the artist was still producing single-colour works in a range of hues, a practice he abandoned soon afterwards]( [Estimate: €50,000-70,000 until 4 May, Online]( [The Swiss watchmaker Gérald Genta was a horological legend, creating timepieces for film stars, top athletes and world leaders. This 18ct white-gold wristwatch from around 1980, made for King Hassan II of Morocco, has a coral dial with a geometric pattern inspired by Islamic art]( [Estimate: CHF10,000-20,000 13 May, Geneva]( [Just around the corner from Christie’s in London is St James’s Palace, the royal residence built by Henry VIII in the 1530s. The Fauvist artist Raoul Dufy was there in 1933 and painted The Changing of the Guard, a gouache on paper vividly capturing the troops in its crenellated courtyard]( [Estimate: $20,000-30,000 13 May, New York](   © [Christie’s 2023]( [Web version]( | [Privacy policy]( | [Unsubscribe from Online Magazine]( Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Femme assise au chapeau de paille (Marie-Thérèse), 1938. Oil on canvas. 25⅝ x 21¼ in (65 x 54 cm). © 2023 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Estimate: $20,000,000-30,000,000. Offered in the 20th Century Evening Sale on 11 May 2023 at Christie's in New York / Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Le repas frugal, 1904. Etching and scraper, on laid Arches paper. 23 x 18¼ in (58.4 x 46.5 cm). © 2023 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Estimate: $3,000,000-5,000,000. Offered in the 20th Century Evening Sale on 11 May 2023 at Christie's in New York / Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Buste d'homme lauré, 1969. Oil and Ripolin on canvas. 45⅝ x 35 in (115.7 x 88.8 cm). © 2023 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Estimate: $9,000,000-12,000,000. Offered in A Century of Art: The Gerald Fineberg Collection Part I on 17 May 2023 at Christie's in New York / Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Nature morte à la fenêtre, 1932. Oil on canvas. 51 x 63⅞ in (129.7 x 162.3 cm). © 2023 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Estimate upon request. Offered in the 20th Century Evening Sale on 11 May 2023 at Christie’s in New York / Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), L'Arlésienne (Lee Miller), 1937. Oil and Ripolin on canvas. 28⅞ x 23½ in (72.7 x 59.8 cm). © 2023 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Estimate: $20,000,000-30,000,000. Offered in Masterpieces from the S.I. Newhouse Collection on 11 May 2023 at Christie’s in New York // Francis Picabia (1879-1953), Sans titre, c. 1940-1942. Oil on board. 29⅝ x 23 in (75.3 x 58.5 cm). Estimate: $1,000,000-$1,500,000 / Barkley L. Hendricks (1945-2017), Stanley, 1971. Oil on canvas. 72 x 49⅝ in (182.8 x 127 cm). Estimate: $5,000,000-$7,000,000 / René Magritte (1898-1967), La Femme au miroir, 1943. Oil on canvas. 29 x 21⅝ in (73.6 x 54.8 cm). Estimate: $1,000,000-$1,500,000 / Man Ray (1890-1976), Portrait de Kiki, 1923. Oil on canvas. 24⅛ x 18 in (61.3 x 45.6 cm). Estimate: $1,000,000-$1,500,000 / Alex Katz (b. 1927), Ada with Pink Hat, 1971. Oil on linen. 47¾ x 47¾ in (120.1 x 120.1 cm). Estimate: $1,200,000-$1,800,000 / Richard Prince (b. 1949), Nurse Kathy, 2004. Inkjet and acrylic on canvas. 77 x 46 in (195.6 x 116.8 cm). Estimate: $4,000,000-$6,000,000. All offered in A Century of Art: The Gerald Fineberg Collection Part I on 17 May 2023 at Christie's in New York // František Kupka (1871-1957), Sans titre, c. 1920-1925 (detail). Pastel on paper. 12⅛ x 8⅛ in (30.9 x 22.6 cm). © 2023 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Estimate: $30,000-50,000. Offered in Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper Sale on 13 May 2023 at Christie’s in New York // Hayv Kahraman (b. 1981), Untitled, 2011. Gouache and metallic paint on watercolour paper. 21⅞ x 16¼ in (55.7 x 41.3 cm). Estimate: US$10,000-15,000 / Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim (b. 1962), My Garden’s Details, 2021. Acrylic on canvas. 78¾ x 59 in (200 x 150 cm). Estimate: US$20,000-30,000. Both offered in Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art,1-16 May 2023, Online