Going Once No. 404 | The Collection of Mica Ertegun

The Collection of Mica Ertegun, Toulouse-Lautrec, Era-defining artists, Van Gogh in Provence, Elizabeth Catlett, 100 years of Surrealism, and more͏‌͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­ [Christie's]( [Christie's]( [Going Once] [Going Once] 21 Sep 2024 This week’s stories Masterpieces from Mica Ertegun’s collection [ ]( The designer, philanthropist and collector, whose clients ranged from Henry Kissinger to Keith Richards, created a serene aesthetic in her homes with works by Hockney, Magritte, Ruscha and Miró [Read more]( [ ]( Toulouse-Lautrec’s La femme tatouée: retained by the same family for a century, a glimpse of life in Paris’s maisons closes [Read more]( [ ]( Discover a collection of works by era-defining contemporary artists who ‘activate the collective consciousness’ [Read more]( [ ]( ‘Her politics and aesthetics are so inextricably linked’ — the art and activism of Elizabeth Catlett hailed at the Brooklyn Museum [Read more]( [ ]( Letting in the light — a new London exhibition shows how moving to Provence changed Van Gogh’s vision of the world [Read more]( [ ]( A century of Surrealism — how André Breton’s 1924 Surrealist Manifesto transformed painting, sculpture, photography, literature, music, fashion and cinema. Christie’s in Paris marks the moment [Read more]( [MORE STORIES]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Editor’s picks [ ]( Faith Ringgold, who died in April aged 93, was known for her narrative quilts, and [Tar Beach II]( made between 1990 and 1992, is a superb example. It tells the story of a girl named Cassie, who finds a sense of liberation at night on the ‘tar beach’, the rooftop of the Harlem apartment building where she and her family live [VIEW LOT]( Estimate: $150,000-250,000 1 October , New York [ ]( Part of a series of large canvases by Bernard Frize, [Insulaire L]( dates from 2004. The artist noted that the forms he chose were evocative of ‘the strata of a geological section, a landscape, a fan, an Indian fabric, a rainbow’. However, affirming his attachment to abstraction, he then added: ‘But I do not care much about these suggestions’ [VIEW LOT]( Estimate: €35,000-55,000 until 3 October , Online [ ]( The Scottish artist Elizabeth Keith went to Tokyo in 1915 to visit her sister and ended up staying for nine years. Her study of Japanese art, and travels in China, Korea and the Philippines, inspired her to create works depicting Asian life and landscapes, such as the atmospheric print [Hong Kong Harbour at Night]( from 1924 [VIEW LOT]( Estimate: $6,000-8,000 until 24 September , Online [ ]( In 2007, when New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art opened a shop in Bangkok, but no museum, Natee Utarit responded with a series of paintings of Met shopping bags — objects he described as ‘totally disconnected from the Asian art scene’. Painted on an epic scale, [The Yellow MET]( suggests the degree to which art has been commercialised [VIEW LOT]( Estimate: HK$500,000-700,000 27 September , Hong Kong [BROWSE ALL]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What’s on Closing soon | Online [Watches Online: Featuring ‘The Collectibles’ Part 1, until 24 September ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming auction | Hong Kong [The Au Bak Ling Collection: The Inaugural Sale, 26 September ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Special event | London [Christie’s Lates: Voices of Black Artistry, 27 September ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Spotlight on [ ]( • Heavenly visions, vanities and follies: an essential guide to the rich and varied [art of the New World]( from the 15th to the 19th century • [M.C. Escher]( why the celebrated creator of ‘mindscapes’ was feted by the likes of Stanley Kubrick and Mick Jagger • 10 things to know about [Garry Winogrand]( ‘The central photographer of his generation’ [ ]( Anytime, Anywhere [Private Sales: Our best kept secret]( ART AND LUXURY, READY TO TAKE HOME [BUY NOW]( [ ]( Online Sales [Prints and Multiples auctions in London]( until 1 October [BROWSE NOW]( [Upcoming auctions]( [Plan your visit]( [How to buy]( [How to sell]( [Christie's]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us [INSTAGRAM]( | [FACEBOOK]( | [YOUTUBE]( | [WECHAT]( [© CHRISTIE'S 2024](@@@christies_com@@@) [Web version]( | [Privacy policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( Mica Ertegun in her office. Photograph by Harry Benson // Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901), La femme tatouée, 1894 (detail). Peinture à l’essence on board. 24¾ x 19 in (62.8 x 48.3 cm). Estimate: £2,500,000-3,500,000. Offered in the 20th/21st Century: Evening Sale on 9 October 2024 at Christie’s in London // Yinka Shonibare (b. 1962), The Age of Enlightenment-Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet, 2008. Fibreglass mannequin, wood, Dutch wax printed cotton and metal. Figure: 46½ x 25½ x 33½ in (118 x 65 x 85 cm). Table: 29 x 33 x 19½ in (74 x 84 x 50 cm). Chair: 39½ x 20½ x 20½ in (100 x 52 x 52 cm). Estimate: $70,000-100,000. Offered in Post-War to Present on 1 October 2024 at Christie’s in New York. Artwork: © Yinka Shonibare CBE. All Rights Reserved, DACS / ARS, NY 2024 // Installation view, Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies, 13 September 2024 to 19 January 2025. Brooklyn Museum. Photo: Paula Abreu Pita // Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Olive Grove, Saint-Rémy, 1889. Oil on canvas. 74.5 x 92.5 cm. Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden. On view in Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers at the National Gallery in London from 14 September 2024 to 19 January 2025 // Toyen (Marie Cermínová, 1902-1980), Flux et reflux de la nuit, 1955 (detail). Oil on canvas. 19⅝ x 59 in (50 x 150 cm). Estimate: €800,000-1,200,000. Offered in Collection Paul et Jacqueline Duchein, Le Théâtre de l’imaginaire on 24 September 2024 at Christie's in Paris. Artwork: © Toyen, DACS 2024