Online Magazine No.378

Monet’s Seine, Alighiero Boetti, Outsider Art, Michael Andrews, Anthony Barboza’s photographs, The Invisible House, and more | [Christie's]( [BUY]( | [SELL]( | [STORIES]( [Christie's] [‘I want to paint the air’: a trio of Monet landscapes that exhibit his desire to attain ‘the impossible’]( [Photographer Anthony Barboza on capturing Black icons such as James {NAME} and Grace Jones]( ‘ [Our Head of Outsider Art on carving out a new space for self-taught artists in the auction world]( [‘He paints only masterpieces’ — why Michael Andrews went from painting Soho clubs to landscapes]( [Alighiero Boetti: 30 years after his death, an exceptional group of the artist’s works comes to London]( [‘Like you’re on another planet’ — the making of the Invisible House near Joshua Tree National Park]( [More stories]( Editor’s picks [Elliott Erwitt, who died last year at the age of 95, had happy memories of taking this photograph of Marilyn Monroe in a New York hotel room in 1956. ‘It was just me and her, and she was going about her business,’ he recalled. ‘I found her very sympathetic… She was nice, smart, kind of amusing, and very approachable’]( [Estimate: $3,000-5,000 until 28 February, Online]( [Cartier’s jewellery designers have often taken inspiration from the animal kingdom, creating a sparkling menagerie of panthers, giraffes, turtles and birds. This bi-coloured brooch continues the tradition, with an adult elephant in 18ct yellow gold being followed by a calf in white gold, both with rubies for eyes]( [Estimate: $1,000-1,500 until 27 February, Online]( [When Vestie Davis took to painting in his forties, having worked as a circus barker, organist and news vendor, his scenes of urban life proved popular. ‘The more people I put in,’ he once said, ‘the faster they sold.’ Nathan’s, from 1976, depicts one of his favourite subjects: a famous Coney Island fast-food joint]( [Estimate: $4,000-6,000 1 March, New York]( [Even in Bordeaux, known for its long-lived wines, Cos d’Estournel 1928 stands out as something special. Robert Parker gave it 97 points back in 1993 (around the time when this magnum was re-corked at the château to help preserve it); and when tasted again in its nineties, it continued to wow critics with its complexity]( [Estimate: $1,200-1,800 until 29 February, Online](   © [Christie’s 2024]( [Web version]( | [Privacy policy]( | [Unsubscribe from Online Magazine]( Claude Monet (1840-1926), Matinée sur la Seine, temps net, 1897. Oil on canvas. 32⅛ x 36⅜ in (81.6 x 92.4 cm). Estimate: £12,000,000-18,000,000. Offered in the 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale on 7 March 2024 at Christie’s in London // Alighiero Boetti wih the first Mappa realised in Afghanistan in 1971, 1973. Photo: Giorgio Colombo. Artwork: © Alighiero Boetti, DACS 2024 // Michael Andrews (1928-1995), School III: Butterfly Fish and Damsel Fish, 1978 (detail). Acrylic on canvas. 60 x 84 in (152.4 x 213.3 cm). Estimate: £1,600,000-2,200,000. Offered in the 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale on 7 March 2024 at Christie’s in London // The Invisible House in Joshua Tree, California. Photo: Courtesy Brian Ashby