CHRISTIE’S ANNOUNCES 20TH/21ST CENTURY ART MARQUEE WEEK SALES
Pablo Picasso, Hibou, Autoportrait (1957, estimate: £150,000-250,000) CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD. 2024
LONDON – Christie’s is pleased to present a dynamic series of live and online 20th/21st Century Art auctions coinciding with Frieze Week. The sales will present exceptional works by artists including Jeff Koons, Lucian Freud, Paula Rego, Franz Gertsch, Emil Nolde, David Hockney, Richard Prince, Sarah Sze, Cecily Brown and René Magritte, bringing together Contemporary, Modern, and Impressionist art across categories.
With diverse initiatives such as the partnerships with the Blue Marine Foundation, the British Council, and 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Christie’s 20th/21st Century Art Marquee Week will offer a platform for both established and emerging artists. The Frieze week sales will feature over 500 works with estimates ranging from £400 to £15,000,000. Blue: Art for the Ocean* is a philanthropic initiative taking place across our Post-War and Contemporary Art Day and Online sales. A line-up of over world leading 25 artists, led by Marina Abramović including, among others, Peter Doig, Edmund de Waal, Ai Weiwei and Hurvin Anderson, who have donated work to support Blue Marine’s projects around the world, aimed at tackling overfishing and protecting the ocean. Blue: Art for the Ocean highlights Christie’s ongoing efforts to leverage its influence in the art market for promoting sustainability and driving positive change.
To celebrate the British Council's 90th anniversary, our Post-War and Contemporary Art Day and Online sales will feature works in support of the British Council** Collection's new home at the National Collections Centre in Coventry. The sale will include both existing and newly created work donated by nine renowned artists, including Tracey Emin, Bridget Riley, Julian Opie, and Ian Davenport, among others.
Now in its fifth year, Christie’s ongoing partnership with 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair highlights the strong and evolving relationship between the global auction house and the fair. This collaboration underscores Christie’s dedication to bringing contemporary African art to a worldwide audience, while expanding the fair’s international reach and visibility.
Christie’s is also proud to support the exhibition Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers, currently on view at the National Gallery in London until 19 January 2025. An exhibition of the 20th/21st Century Art sales will be open to the public at Christie's King Street in London from 3 to 9 October 2024.
To coincide with the 20th/21st Century Art view, a selection of highlights from The Collection of Mica Ertegun, including René Magritte’s L'Empire des lumières (1954), will be on view in London before being offered at auction in New York starting from 19 November 2024.
The 20th/21st Century Art Marquee Auctions in London and Paris
Christie’s is proud to present an exciting calendar of 20th/21st Century Art Marquee Auctions in Europe on the following dates:
London
Camille Pissarro, Petite gardeuse d'oies (1886, estimate: £80,000-120,000) CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD. 2024
9 October:
Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper Sale
20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale
From left to right:
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Alsener Landschaft (1906, estimate: £400,000-600,000); Edgar Degas, Cheval marchant au pas relevé (cast between 1919-1921, estimate: £250,000-350,000); Marc Chagall, Le coq au peintre ou Esquisse pour Le coq (circa 1949-1950, estimate: £400,000-600,000) CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD. 2024
October 10:
From left to right:
Marina Abramović, Performance for the Oceans (2024, estimate: £50,000-70,000); Sean Scully, Fire (2006, estimate: £500,000-800,000); Andy Warhol, Vesuvius (1985, estimate: £300,000-500,000) CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD. 2024
Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale
Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale
1-15 October:
From left to right:
Bridget Riley, Two Blues (2003, estimate: £4,000-6,000); Hurvin Anderson, Mrs. S. Keita (Black and Red) (from the “Keita” series) (2010, estimate: £3,000-5,000); Lydia Blakeley, The Hunters (2022, estimate: £3,000-5,000) CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD. 2024
Post-War and Contemporary Art – Online
From left to right:
Jeff Koons, Balloon Monkey (Blue) (2006-2013, estimate: £6,500,000-10,000,000); Willem de Kooning, Untitled XVIII (1986, estimate: £4,000,000- 6,000,000); Lucian Freud, Head of a Woman (1992, estimate: £3,000,000-5,000,000); David Hockney, More Woldgate Timber, October 13th 2009 (2009, estimate: £3,800,000-5,500,000); Richard Prince, Hurricane Nurse (2004, estimate: £3,500,000-5,500,000); Emil Nolde, Herbstmeer XV, (1911, estimate: £1,000,000-1,500,000); Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, La femme tatouée (1894, estimate: £2,500,000-3,500,000); Franz Gertsch, Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait) (1980, estimate: £2,100,000-3,000,000) Lucian Freud, Ria, Naked Portrait (2006-2007, estimate: £10,000,000-15,000,000) CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD. 2024
Paris
17 October:
Danute and Alain Mallart Collection, Bruxelles - Paris –Vilnius
18 October:
Avant-Garde(s) including Thinking Italian
19 October:
20/21 Century Art – Day Sale
9-22 October:
Marc Chagall: Between Sky and Earth. Works formerly in the artist’s estate – Online
For more information, please visit here.
*100% of the hammer price for all lots will be paid to Blue Marine Foundation, a UK registered charity (charity number 1137209).
**The proceeds for these lots will benefit The British Council, a UK registered charity number 209131, who will receive 100% of the hammer price.
About 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
With annual editions in London, Marrakech and New York, as well as pop-up fairs in Paris and Hong Kong, 1-54 is the leading international art fair dedicated to contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora. Drawing reference to the 54 countries that constitute the African continent, 1-54 is a sustainable and dynamic platform that is engaged in contemporary dialogue and
exchange. Initiated by Touria El Glaoui in 2013, October 2024 will mark the fair’s 12th anniversary celebrations in London with its flagship fair at Somerset House in London.
About Blue Marine Foundation
Blue Marine Foundation is a UK ocean conservation charity set up in 2010 by some of the team behind the award-winning documentary film ‘The End of the Line’. Blue Marine aims to restore the ocean to health by addressing overfishing, one of the world’s biggest environmental problems. The charity is dedicated to creating marine reserves, restoring vital habitats, and
establishing models of sustainable fishing. Its mission is to see 30 percent of the world’s ocean under effective protection by 2030 and the other 70 per cent responsibly managed.
About the British Council
The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide. We do this through our work in arts and culture, education and the English language. We work with people in over 200 countries and territories and are on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2022-23 we reached 600 million people.
About Christie’s
Founded in 1766, Christie’s is a world-leading art and luxury business with a physical presence in 46 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific, and flagship international sales hubs in New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris and Geneva. Renowned and trusted for our expert live and online-only auctions, as well as bespoke Private Sales, Christie’s unparalleled network of specialists offers our clients a full portfolio of global services, including art appraisal, art financing, international real estate and education. Christie’s auctions span more than 80 art and luxury categories, at price points ranging from $500 to over $100 million. Christie’s has sold 7 of the 10 most important single-owner collections in history, achieved the world record price for an artwork at auction, launched the first fully on-chain auction platform dedicated to exceptional NFT art and manages an investment fund to support innovative startups in the art market. Christie’s is also committed to advancing responsible culture throughout its business and communities worldwide. To learn more, browse, bid, discover, and join us for the best of art and luxury at christies.com or by downloading Christie’s apps. The auction house can also be found on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and X.
