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This week’s stories Everything you need to know about modern sculpture |
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How Rodin, Duchamp, Giacometti, Judd, Lalanne and more — all offered in our 20/21 auctions in New York — redefined the medium |
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All the world’s a stage: actor Lionel Erdogan, star of Spiral and currently treading the boards in As You Like It, picks out favourite paintings and sculptures on offer in our Paris Old Masters sales |
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Donald Judd (1928-1994), Untitled, 1987. Galvanized iron and translucent green Plexiglas, in 10 parts. Each: 6 x 27 x 24 in (15.2 x 68.6 x 61 cm). Overall: 120 x 27 x 24 in (304.8 x 68.6 x 61 cm). Estimate: $4,000,000-6,000,000. Artwork: © 2024 Judd Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), Femme debout, sans bras, conceived in 1958; this bronze version cast in 1963. Bronze with brown patina. Height: 25½ in (65 cm). Estimate: $3,000,000-5,000,000. Artwork: © Succession Alberto Giacometti / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY 2024 / François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008), Important pair of ‘Chameaux’, 1974. Wool, leather, patinated aluminium, painted metal, foam rubber, wood. Closed (each): 45½ x 92⅞ x 40½ in (115.5 x 236 x 103 cm). Open (each): 45½ x 92⅞ x 57⅛ in (115.5 x 236 x 145 cm). Estimate: $4,000,000-6,000,000. Artwork: Les Lalanne © 2024 Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York, NY/ ADAGP, Paris, France / Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), In Advance of the Broken Arm, conceived in 1915 and executed in 1964. Wood and galvanized-iron snow shovel. Height: 51⅝ in (131.2 cm). Estimate: $2,000,000-3,000,000. Artwork: © Association Marcel Duchamp / ADAGP, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 2024. All offered in the 20th Century Evening Sale on 19 November 2024 at Christie’s in New York / Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) Pumpkin, 2022. Fibreglass reinforced plastic and urethane paint, in three parts. 96½ x 102 x 102 in (245 x 260 x 260 cm). Estimate: $6,000,000-8,000,000. Offered in the 21st Century Evening Sale on 21 November at Christie’s in New York. Artwork: © Yayoi Kusama // Denzil Forrester (b. 1956), Street Music, 1989. Oil on linen. 49 x 73 in (124.3 x 185 cm). Estimate: $80,000-120,000. Offered in the 21st Century Evening Sale on 21 November 2024 at Christie’s in New York. Artwork: © Denzil Forrester // Grace Wu, founder of The Grace Wu Bruce Gallery // Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A. (1830-1896), The Bay of Cadiz — Moonlight (detail). Oil on canvas. 20.5 x 29 cm. Leighton House, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Purchased with support from the Arts Council England/V&A Purchase Grant Fund and The Friends of Leighton House // Lionel Erdogan at the Théâtre Hébertot with works offered in the Old Masters sales at Christie’s in Paris. Photo: © Nina Slavcheva // Tom Cubitt (b. 1992), Evening (detail). Coloured pencil on paper. 57 x 56 cm. Part of Best of The Drawing Year 2024 | Royal Drawing School, until 17 November 2024 at Christie’s in London. Courtesy of the Royal Drawing School // Arshile Gorky (1904-1948), Untitled, circa 1943 (detail). Crayon, ink and graphite on paper. 17 x 22 in (43.2 x 55.9 cm). Estimate: $2,000,000-3,000,000. Offered in the 20th Century Evening Sale on 19 November 2024 at Christie’s in New York |