Going Once No. 405 | Lucian Freud’s late masterpiece

Lucian Freud’s late masterpiece, Surrealism in Mexico, Franz Gertsch, Antiquities, Contemporary highlights New York, Hormazd Narielwalla, and more͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­͏  ­ [Christie's]( [Christie's]( [Going Once] [Going Once] 28 Sep 2024 This week’s stories The chance encounter that led to this late Freud masterpiece [ ]( On meeting Freud at the V&A, aspiring artist Ria Kirby expressed her admiration for the painter’s work. He asked her to sit for him, and over the following 16 months painted Ria, Naked Portrait [READ MORE]( [ ]( Surrealism in Mexico — how Leonora Carrington, Bridget Tichenor and Gunther Gerzso discovered their creative home [READ MORE]( [ ]( Why Franz Gertsch described Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait) as ‘the eye taking a walk through the landscape of the face’ [READ MORE]( [ ]( Hormazd Narielwalla: how the artist created a 6.5m-wide map of an imaginary universe for the Royal Geographical Society [READ MORE]( [ ]( Our New York specialists’ picks: paintings including this rare-to-market Bob Thompson, as well as photographs and sculpture [READ MORE]( [ ]( Treasures from the Mougins Museum of Classical Art: a Greek bronze lion shield blazon, a Roman marble Athena — and a Picenian bronze helmet that still has its leather and basketry lining [READ MORE]( [MORE STORIES]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Editor’s picks [ ]( Emil Nolde’s [Marschlandschaft]( in watercolour and ink, is a hymn to the rain-soaked rural setting in which the German artist, a farmer’s son, grew up. As he once wrote, ‘Our landscape is modest, far from exhilarating or luscious… and yet, it gives to the intimate beholder who loves it an abundance of heartfelt, quiet beauty’ Estimate: £150,000-250,000 9 October , London [VIEW LOT]( [ ]( A section of the home crowd at a Borussia Dortmund football match is the subject of Andreas Gursky’s vast photographic print [Dortmund, 2009](. The artist is famous for his epic scenes of massed humanity, and here, as in other works, there is a tension between the sense of an anonymous mob and the diverse individuals who can be picked out in the high-definition image Estimate: $300,000-500,000 2 October , New York [VIEW LOT]( [ ]( Painted by Marie Laurencin in 1936, [Les anges]( embodies the delicate, dreamlike quality for which she is best known. A one-time painter of porcelain at Sèvres, she became a key figure in the Paris avant-garde and went on to develop a body of work in which idealised female subjects exist in an imagined world without men Estimate: £60,000-80,000 10 October , London [VIEW LOT]( [ ]( Like many other connoisseurs, the wine writer Robert Parker was impressed by [Clape, Cornas 1990](. He rated the vintage ‘outstanding’, praising its ‘ripe aromas of black fruits, liquorice and spices’ and ‘smashingly long finish’. It was made by the Rhône pioneer Auguste Clape, a vigneron by marriage who began bottling his own wines in the 1950s Estimate: HK$11,000-14,000 until 7 October , Online [VIEW LOT]( [BROWSE ALL]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What’s on Special exhibition | Hong Kong [Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève finalists, 29 & 30 September ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- On view | London [20th/21st Century autumn sales season, 3-17 October ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming auction | New York [European Art, 9 October ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Spotlight on [ ]( • [Fernando Botero]( the Colombian master who explored volume and sensuality of form in subjects as diverse as domestic life and the Old Masters • An introduction to the anonymous French artist [Invader]( who has left his mark on the city streets of more than 30 countries with his ‘invasion waves’ • Contemporary works on paper —[an expert guide]( illustrated with sale highlights by Ruscha, Diebenkorn, Nara and more --------------------------------------------------------------- In the Frame: Michael Zilkha [ ]( The founder and publisher of ZE Books on his love for Balzac and Clovis Trouille, and living in Maine in a house built by Winslow Homer Artists to watch? MZ: I love Robert Longo’s drawings, Tom Sachs’s meticulousness, and Richard Prince’s intelligence and humour. Dream piece from Christie’s? MZ: I’m super excited about the Clovis Trouille, Super Surréaliste auction, which features works from Trouille’s studio, on 3 October at Christie’s in Paris. I’m particularly enamoured of his religious works. What work of art made you see things differently? MZ: Le Tricheur by Georges de La Tour. Essential read? MZ: Jonathan Lethem’s Cellophane Bricks: A Life in Visual Culture — a series of meditations about growing up around art and artists. [READ INTERVIEW]( [ ]( Anytime, Anywhere [Private Sales: Our best kept secret]( ART AND LUXURY, READY TO TAKE HOME [BUY NOW]( [ ]( Christie’s Education [Study the art world with the world’s leading auction house]( London, New York, Hong Kong and Online [REGISTER 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]( Lucian Freud (1922-2011), Ria, Naked Portrait, 2006-07 (detail). Oil on canvas. 34¼ x 64⅛ in (87 x 163 cm). Estimate: £10,000,000-15,000,000. Offered in the 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale on 9 October 2024 at Christie’s in London. Artwork: © The Lucian Freud Archive. All Rights Reserved 2024 / Bridgeman Images // Leonora Carrington (1917-2011), Pensador, also titled Un petit déjeuner (Portrait of Inés Amor), 1962 (detail). Oil on Masonite. 15⅛ x 20⅞ in (38.4 x 53 cm). Estimate: $600,000-800,000. Offered in Latin American Art on 2 October 2024 at Christie’s in New York. Artwork: © 2024 Estate of Leonora Carrington / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York // Franz Gertsch (1930-2022), Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait), 1980. Acrylic on canvas. 101⅛ x 153¾ in (257 x 390.5 cm). Estimate: £2,100,000-3,000,000. Offered in the 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale on 9 October 2024 at Christie’s in London. Artwork: © Franz Gertsch AG // Hormazd Narielwalla in his London studio. Photo: Daniel Stern // Bob Thompson (1937-1966), The Recreation of Cephalus and Procris, 1965 (detail). Oil on canvas. 18⅛ x 24⅛ in (46 x 61.3 cm). Estimate: $200,000-300,000. Offered in Post-War to Present on 1 October 2024 at Christie’s in New York. Artwork: © The Estate of Bob Thompson // Fernando Botero (1932-2023), Still Life with Onions, 1974 (detail). Oil on canvas. 54⅝ x 60¼ in (138.8 x 153 cm). Estimate: $300,000-500,000. Offered in Latin American Art on 2 October 2024 at Christie’s in New York. Artwork: © The Estate of Fernando Botero