Going Once No. 397 | Einstein’s letter to Roosevelt

Museum of women artists, Works on paper, Hot artists, Sustainability, and more ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [Christie's]( [Christie's]( [Going Once] [Going Once] 6‌ July‌ 2024 This week’s stories One of the most influential letters of the 20th century [ ]( From Paul G. Allen’s collection, Einstein’s warning to Roosevelt about Germany’s nuclear experiments changed the course of history [Read more]( [ ]( Hot artists at refreshing prices: hailing from South Africa, Venezuela, the US and beyond, with estimates starting at $4,000 [Read more]( [ ]( ‘So far, the response has been amazingly positive’: Christian Levett on creating FAMM, his new museum for women artists [Read more]( [ ]( How to collect works on paper: illustrated with upcoming lots by Wayne Thiebaud, Antoni Tà pies, Shara Hughes, Salvo [Read more]( [ ]( Sustainability: Christie’s global head of operations, Julien Pradels, on his determination to ‘fight for greener alternatives’ [Read more]( [More Stories]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Editor’s picks [ ]( The dizzying geometry of Sarah Morris’s [Midtown — Crowne Plaza Hotel]( seems to stretch the 7ft-square canvas out of shape. It is one of a series of paintings of grid-like façades that the British-born, New York-based artist began in the late 1990s, exploring the tension between the street-level viewer and the towering metropolis [View Lot]( Estimate: $60,000-80,000 until 18‌ July‌, Online [ ]( This [historiated initial F]( is from a choirbook made in central Italy around 1350. The letter begins the Latin phrase ‘Factum est silentium in caelo’ (‘There was silence in heaven’), the first line of a choral work describing the scene painted within the initial: Michael the Archangel’s battle with the dragon, from the Book of Revelation [View Lot]( Estimate: £3,000-5,000 10‌ July‌, London [ ]( [Dom Pérignon 1973]( is the superb product of what was a challenging year for French winemakers, with high temperatures all summer long. Yet the conditions seemed to suit the Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes used in Dom Pérignon, and recent tastings of the vintage have revealed lively notes of fruit, spice and toasted brioche [View Lot]( Estimate: $500-700 until 23‌ July‌, Online [ ]( It was with works such as [Falls]( painted in 2002, that the American artist Will Cotton made his name. His glossy, sensual, fantastical landscapes of cake and sweets attracted the attention of the pop superstar Katy Perry, and Cotton became artistic director of the video for her chart-topping 2010 single California Gurls [View Lot]( Estimate: $20,000-30,000 until 17‌ July‌, Online [Browse Auctions]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What’s on Closing soon | London [Valuable Books and Manuscripts, 10‌ July‌]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Live for browsing | Online [Fine and Rare Wines Online: LA Edition, 9-23‌ July‌]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Spotlight on [ ]( • [Paris 1874: Inventing Impressionism]( the Musée d’Orsay’s exhibition enters its last week in Paris before heading to Washington, D.C., in September‌ • [The 60th Venice Biennale]( our round-up of the shows you won’t want to miss • [Museum Barberini]( the small German museum mixing it up with Berlin’s big hitters stages Modigliani: Modern Gazes until 18‌ August [ ]( Anytime, Anywhere [Private Sales: Our best kept secret]( ART AND LUXURY, READY TO TAKE HOME [Buy Now]( [ ]( Events & Exhibitions [Christie’s Art + Tech Summit]( New York, 17‌ & 18‌ July‌ [Buy Tickets]( [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]( Albert Einstein, c. 1939. Photo: MPI/Getty Images. Right: Albert Einstein (1879-1955), A typed letter signed to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 2‌ August‌ 1939, with pencilled note by Leo Szilard at top: ‘Original, not sent!’ Estimate: $4,000,000-6,000,000. Offered in Pushing Boundaries: Ingenuity from the Paul G. Allen Collection on 10‌ September‌ 2024 at Christie’s in New York // Esther Mahlangu (b. 1935), NDEBELE MURAL ABSTRACT (UMGWALO), 2015. Acrylic on canvas. 16½ x 23¼ in (42 x 59 cm). Estimate: $4,000-6,000. Offered in First Open | Post-War & Contemporary Art until 17‌ July‌ 2024 at Christie’s Online. Artwork: © Esther Mahlangu, Courtesy The Melrose Gallery, Johannesburg // Berthe Morisot, Jeune fille étendue, 1893 (detail). Oil on canvas. 65.4 x 81.3 cm. Right: Christian Levett with Two Women (Daisy & Olga), 1954, by Grace Hartigan, and Looking North (Green), 1964, by Dorothy Dehner. Artworks: © Dorothy Dehner Foundation for the Visual Arts; © Grace Hartigan Estate // Wayne Thiebaud (1920-2021), Mountain Hill Sketches, 1972. Ink, graphite and coloured charcoal on paper. 22 x 30¼ in (55.8 x 76.8 cm). Estimate: $50,000-70,000. Offered in First Open | Post-War & Contemporary Art until 17‌ July‌ 2024 at Christie’s Online. © 2024 Wayne Thiebaud Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY // Julien Pradels, Christie’s global head of operations. Photo: © Nina Slavcheva // Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Classe de danse (The Dancing Class), circa 1870 (detail). Oil on wood. 7¾ x 10⅝ in (19.7 x 27 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs H.O. Havemeyer, 1929. Photo: Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Paris 1874: Inventing Impressionism is at the Musée d’Orsay until 14‌ July‌ 2024