Going Once No. 395 | Picasso's muse

Berlinde De Bruyckere, Louis Vuitton trunks, Caspar David Friedrich, Pride Month exhibitions, and more [Christie's]( [Christie's]( [Going Once] [Going Once] 22 June 2024 This week’s stories ‘I could never have been Picasso’s lover’ [ ]( How a 19-year-old Sylvette David inspired around 60 portraits by the artist — some featuring in our Picasso Ceramics sale [Read more]( [ ]( Berlinde De Bruyckere on creating sculptures with animal skins, fabric and wax: ‘I love this idea of transformation’ [Read more]( [ ]( Caspar David Friedrich: why the great Romantic has influenced everyone from Samuel Beckett to climate-change activists [Read more]( [ ]( Louis Vuitton trunks: how this staple of style has been adapted to carry anything from Japanese tea sets to Hemingway’s library [Read more]( [ ]( Pride Month: exhibitions across the world, from Young Lesbians in New York to the Xposed Queer Film Festival in Berlin [Read more]( [More Stories]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Editor’s picks [ ]( Painted in situ in 1826, [The Rialto, Venice]( shows the remarkable skill of the artist Richard Parkes Bonington, whose view of the bridge at the heart of the city delicately captures the effect of late-afternoon sunlight. Delacroix once shared a studio with him and said his paintings were ‘like diamonds that ravish the eye’ [View Lot]( Estimate: £2,500,000-3,500,000 2 July , London [ ]( The Van Winkles have been respected Kentucky distillers for generations, and the highly prized [Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve 23 Year Old bourbon]( is named after their founding patriarch. In keeping with its special status, it is released in very small quantities each year, making this a rare opportunity to acquire two bottles [View Lot]( Estimate: HK$45,000-70,000 until 3 July , Online [ ]( The mournful central figure in Marc Chagall’s [Clown with a Basket]( painted between 1937 and 1938, is one of an extensive cast of circus performers that populate the artist’s work. Reflecting on this, Chagall once said: ‘Why am I so touched by their make-up and their grimaces? With them I can move towards new horizons’ [View Lot]( Estimate: £60,000-90,000 until 26 June , Online [ ]( This inscription is on a [book of 18th-century poetry]( containing works by Oliver Goldsmith, Tobias Smollett, Samuel Johnson and William Shenstone; but its value lies in its association with another writer. It belonged to the 14-year-old Oscar Wilde when he was a pupil at Portora Royal School in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, and was signed by him in 1868 [View Lot]( Estimate: £3,000-5,000 10 July , London [Browse Auctions]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What’s on On view | London [20th and 21st Century Art summer season, until 26 June ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Closing soon | Online auction [Vivienne Westwood: The Personal Collection — Part II, until 28 June ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Live for browsing | London [Antiquities, 3 July ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Spotlight on [ ]( • [Line Vautrin]( a selling exhibition featuring the innovative French designer’s mirrors and boxes continues in Paris until 27 June • [The Impressionists]( works by Degas, Cassatt, Renoir, Monet and more are offered for private sale and on view in New York and London • As [Peter Hujar: Portraits in Life and Death]( shows at the Venice Biennale, a look back at his contribution to Newspaper, New York’s fabled photo magazine [ ]( Anytime, Anywhere [Private Sales: Our best kept secret]( ART AND LUXURY, READY TO TAKE HOME [Buy Now]( [ ]( Event [Boutique art fair]( London, 26-29 June [Discover Highlights]( [All Stories]( [Auctions]( [Private Sales]( [Christie’s 3.0]( [Christie's]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us [INSTAGRAM]( | [FACEBOOK]( | [YOUTUBE]( | [WECHAT]( [© CHRISTIE’S 2024]( [Web version]( | [Privacy policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( André Villers (1930-2016), Sylvette David, 1953 (detail). Gelatin silver print. Image/sheet: 12 x 15⅞ in (30.5 x 40.3 cm). Estimate: £800-1,200. Offered in Picasso Ceramics until 1 July 2024 at Christie’s Online. © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2024 // Berlinde De Bruyckere in her Ghent studio, 2018. Photo: Gianluca Tamorri for Apollo. Right, Berlinde De Bruyckere (b. 1964), It Almost Seemed a Lily III, 2017. Wood, wax, wallpaper, textile, iron, epoxy. Executed in 2017. 131¾ x 71⅛ x 14½ in (334.5 x 180.8 x 36.7 cm). Estimate: £100,000-150,000. Offered in Post-War to Present on 27 June 2024 at Christie’s in London. Artwork: © Berlinde De Bruyckere. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Mirjam Devriendt // Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, circa 1817. Oil on canvas. 94.8 x 74.8 cm. Permanent loan from the Stiftung Hamburger Kunstsammlungen. Photo: © SHK / Hamburger Kunsthalle / bpk / Elke Walford // Installation view of Mickalene Thomas: All About Love at The Broad, Los Angeles, 25 May to 29 September 2024. Photo by Joshua White / JWPictures.com, courtesy of The Broad // Bruce Nauman (b. 1941), Double Poke in the Eye II. Neon and white aluminium box. 24⅛ x 36 x 9¾ in (61.2 x 91.4 x 24.8 cm). Signed and ‘B Nauman 5’ (on a label affixed to the reverse). Executed in 1985, this work is number five from an edition of 40 plus eight artist’s proofs. Estimate: £300,000-500,000. Offered in Post-War to Present on 27 June 2024 at Christie’s in London. © Bruce Nauman / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York and DACS, London 2024 // Line Vautrin working on a Talosel resin mirror in her atelier. Right, Line Vautrin (1913-1997), ‘Soleil à pointes n°3’ mirror, circa 1960. Talosel, mirrored glass inlays and convex mirror. Diameter: 46 cm. Price on request. Offered in Line Vautrin, a Parisian Chic: A selection of mirrors and boxes until 27 June 2024 at Christie’s in Paris. Photo and artwork: © Line Vautrin, DACS 2024