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This week’s stories
Unseen in public for decades: treasures from a collection spanning Picasso to Rothko
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Over the course of more than 50 years, Robert F. and Patricia G. Ross Weis also acquired outstanding works by Matisse, Braque, Mondrian, Ernst and Miró, to be offered at auction in November
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Asian Art Week highlights — from Ming chairs to Yongzheng bowls, Hokusai and Gaitonde
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Romanée-Conti galore in ‘one of the finest collections of Burgundy you’re likely to see’
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The best shows across Asia and the Pacific: from Lucie Rie in Japan to Bourgeois in S. Korea
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Radical Harmony in London: how Seurat, Signac and others strove for ‘an age of happiness’
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Editor’s picks
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The Japanese painter and printmaker Ono Bakufu produced everything from farming scenes to still lifes, but he is best known for one particular series: the Great Japanese Fish Picture Collection, printed around 1937-38. Among the most striking of these images is Tobiuo (Flying fish): there is something magical about his vision of the silvery winged creatures gliding over a swirling sea
Estimate: $3,000-4,000
16 September, New York
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Spottswoode Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, one of Napa’s most esteemed wines, is celebrating its 40th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the vineyard’s owners, the Novak family, are offering a 40-bottle ‘vertical’ of every vintage produced between 1982 and 2021, with sale proceeds going to Napa Green, a leader in sustainability within the wine industry. The successful bidder will also be invited to the estate’s Annual Vertical Tasting on 10 November
Click for estimate
until 18 September, Online
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Paresh Maity’s work defies easy categorisation, but the Indian artist has often been drawn to cityscapes, both at home and abroad. His 2011 work Gangotri captures the Hindu pilgrimage town on the banks of the Bhagirathi river — the source of the Ganges — in the northern state of Uttarakhand, its colourful towers contrasting dramatically with the looming grey and white of the Himalayan peaks beyond
Estimate: $25,000-35,000
17 September, New York
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This Kelly Pochette, in shiny black Niloticus crocodile leather, dates from 2007, when Jean Paul Gaultier was creative director of Hermès. The designer had taken the classic Kelly handbag, with its distinctive trapezoid profile, and reimagined it, reducing its size and flattening the handle to make for a sleek, chic and easy-to-carry clutch for any suitably fabulous occasion
Estimate: $20,000-25,000
until 19 September, Online
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Spotlight on
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Chinese classical furniture: expert advice and an eye-catching video on everything from wood varieties to the importance of climate control
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Ancient Chinese bronzes — from inscriptions and origins to purpose and provenance, illustrated with lots offered at Christie’s in New York
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Francis Newton Souza: highlighting works from the South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art sales, a look at the ‘enfant terrible’ of modern Indian art
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Anytime, Anywhere
DISCOVER PRIVATE SALES ON YOUR SCHEDULE
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Christie’s Education three-day course
15-17 October, Somerset House, London
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