Online Magazine No.382

The birth of Impressionism, Bridget Riley, Chinese art, Michael S. Smith, Indian masterpieces, Hung Fai studio visit, and more | [Christie's]( [BUY]( | [SELL]( | [STORIES]( [Christie's] [150 years of Impressionism — how one of the most momentous exhibitions in art history was born]( [‘It’s about comfort and inclusion’: how Michael S. Smith created this ‘English country house’ in LA]( ‘ [‘She gravitated towards elegance that transcended time’ — Dorothy Tapper Goldman’s Chinese art]( [‘Like watching a high-wire act’ — Bridget Riley’s early prints, and why they are ‘so emotional’]( [How Umesh and Sunanda Gaur became ‘crucial advocates’ for M.F. Husain, F.N. Souza and more]( [‘My work is often about space’ — artist Hung Fai on his evolving relationship with traditional ink art]( [More stories]( Editor’s picks [The French artist Rosa Bonheur was fascinated by bison. She had met William Cody (aka Buffalo Bill) at the Wild West show he ran just outside Paris in 1889, at the time of the Universal Exposition, and made detailed drawings of the animals there. Her 1896 pastel Migration of the Bison shows how closely she had studied them]( [Estimate: €100,000-150,000 20 March, Paris]( [Two unknown works (now destroyed) by Francis Bacon appear in Francis Bacon’s Studio, a painting from 1932-33 by Roy de Maistre. The influential Australian artist, who had befriended Bacon in 1930, clearly saw something in the younger man’s work, painting his studios on more than one occasion]( [Estimate: £50,000-80,000 20 March, London]( [‘Extinct and loving it’ would seem to describe the dancing dinosaurs that adorn this limited-edition Lady Dior handbag. Dating from 2021, the canvas bag features silver hardware and green-and-pink Dino embroidery on a vivid orange background dotted with flame motifs, suggesting a kind of prehistoric disco inferno]( [Estimate: HK$8,000-12,000 until 20 March, Online]( [Few artists of his day were as well-travelled as Hiroshi Yoshida. Born in 1876 in Kurume, on the Japanese island of Kyushu, he studied in Kyoto and Tokyo before setting off on extended trips to China, India, the USA, Switzerland and Egypt — where he found the subject for his 1925 print Sufuinkusu (Sphinx, day)]( [Estimate: $2,000-3,000 until 26 March, Online](   © [Christie’s 2024]( [Web version]( | [Privacy policy]( | [Unsubscribe from Online Magazine]( Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), Bal du moulin de la Galette, 1876 (detail). Oil on canvas. 131.5 x 176.5 cm. Paris, Musée d’Orsay. Photo: Bridgeman Images // The living room of a Beverly Hills residence designed by Michael S. Smith. Photo: © Scott Frances / OTTO // Bridget Riley, 1964. Photo: © The Lewinski Archive at Chatsworth. All Rights Reserved 2024 / Bridgeman Images. Artwork: © Bridget Riley 2024. All rights reserved // Nalini Malani (b. 1946), Love, 1990-91. Acrylic on canvas. 47⅞ x 55⅞ in (121.6 x 141.9 cm). Estimate: $40,000-60,000 / K.G. Subramanyan (1924-2016), Untitled (Best Bakery), 2004. Gouache on handmade paper. 30¼ x 22⅜ in (26.7 x 22.9 cm). Estimate: $6,000-8,000 / Paritosh Sen (1918-2008), Isabelle Before the Mirror, 1982. Oil on canvas. 56⅛ x 53¼ in (142.6 x 135.3 cm). Estimate: $15,000-20,000 / Francis Newton Souza (1924-2002), Girl with Two Men, 1963; Untitled (Study for Girl with Two Men), 1962. Oil on canvas; ink on paper. 41 x 38 in (104.1 x 96.5 cm); 17⅝ x 11½ in (44.8 x 29.2 cm). Estimate: $300,000-500,000 / Sudhir Patwardhan (b. 1949), Mother and Child, 1989. Oil on canvas. 39½ x 23⅝ in (100.3 x 60 cm). Estimate: $30,000-50,000 / Krishen Khanna (b. 1925), Man Playing Cards, c. early 2000s. Conte on paper. 30 x 22 in (76.2 x 55.9 cm). Estimate: $8,000-12,000. All offered in South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Including Works from the Collection of Umesh and Sunanda Gaur on 20 March 2024 at Christie's in New York