Online Magazine No.371

Mark Knopfler, A Gilded Age mansion, Works on paper, Turin art city, Scientific revolutions, Digital artist Osinachi, and more | [View in browser]( [Christie's]( [BUY]( [SELL]( [STORIES]( [Christie's] [Mark Knopfler on the stories (think Live Aid) behind some of the 120+ guitars he is letting go]( [The James F.D. Lanier house — the embodiment of Gilded Age glamour and Beaux Arts style]( ‘ [Works on paper — a collecting guide illustrated with lots from our First Open sale in New York]( [How a 14th-century timepiece, a mini microscope and a master’s thesis revolutionised our world]( [‘Digital art is like the internet: it is for everyone’ — meet Africa’s frontline digital artist, Osinachi]( [Art cities: why Turin — home of Fiat, Arte Povera and Carlo Mollino — is having un momento]( [More stories]( Editor’s picks [Eero Järnefelt’s 1894 painting Sunset over a Lake very probably depicts the Karelia area of eastern Finland, where the Ukko-Koli peak commands spectacular elevated views of Lake Pielinen. The Finnish composer Sibelius had premiered his Karelia Suite in Helsinki the year before and was the artist’s brother-in-law]( [Estimate: £55,000-65,000 14 December, London]( [The rooster is one of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac, which may help explain the popularity of the farmyard fowl as a subject for the country’s ceramicists. This porcelain cockerel, from the Kangxi period (1662-1722), would have been regarded as a symbol of fidelity and good fortune]( [Estimate: €1,600-2,000 until 14 December, Online]( [This ink drawing by E.H. Shepard illustrates a meeting between Christopher Robin and Eeyore the donkey in chapter nine of A.A. Milne’s The House at Pooh Corner. The drawing comes with a 1928 first edition of the book, signed by both the author and the illustrator]( [Estimate: £30,000-50,000 until 15 December, Online]( [Sullivans Cove had been producing whisky in Tasmania for 20 years when its French Oak Single Cask won a ‘best in the world’ award in 2014, bringing global fame. This nine-bottle selection includes two containing a rare 21-year-old single malt from barrel ‘HH0229’, which yielded only 209 bottles]( [Estimate: £3,500-5,800 until 12 December, Online](   © [Christie’s 2023]( [Web version]( | [Privacy policy]( | [Unsubscribe from Online Magazine]( Dire Straits during the Brothers In Arms Tour, 1985-86. Photo: Bob King / Redferns / Getty Images // Romare Bearden (1911-1988), Untitled (Landscape), circa 1980. Watercolour on paper. 11 x 7¼ in (27.9 x 18.4 cm). Estimate: $6,000-8,000 / Evelyn Axell (1935-1972), Angela Davis I, 1972. Paper collage, ink, felt tip pen and crayon on paper on silver metallic paper. 31⅜ x 25 in (79.7 x 63.5 cm). Estimate: $15,000-20,000 / Elizabeth Murray (1940-2007), Untitled, 1990. Graphite, coloured pencil and paper collage on paper. 8⅝ x 6½ in (21.9 x 16.5 cm). Estimate: $3,000-5,000 / Louis Fratino (b. 1993), Salute, 2018. Acrylic, watercolour and graphite on folded paper. 9⅞ x 8⅛ in (24.6 x 20.6 cm). Estimate: $4,000-6,000 / Sam Gilliam (1933-2022), Untitled, 1977. Acrylic on Japanese paper. 14½ x 18½ in (36.8 x 46.9 cm). Estimate: $25,000-35,000 / Joan Brown (1938-1990), Woman in Repose, 1972. Acrylic and charcoal on paper. 28½ x 45 in (71.4 x 114.3 cm). Estimate: $15,000-25,000. All offered in First Open: Post-War & Contemporary Art until 14 December 2023 at Christie’s in New York // Osinachi (b. 1991), ABITT: THE SECOND RENAISSANCE IS COMING, 2023. PNG. 4400 x 3142 pixels. Estimate: 12-18 ETH ($24,000-36,000). Offered in Next Wave: The Miami Edit until 12 December 2023 at Christie’s 3.0 // Turin, Italy. Photo: Zoonar GmbH / Alamy