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As a key figure in the Sierra Club, Ansel Adams was involved in persistent lobbying of local and national politicians for the environmental cause, and many of his greatest photographs were taken on an assignment that reflected his ecological aims
A portfolio of Adams’ prints from one of the Sierra Club’s High Trips into the Yosemite in 1929 is among the treasures featured in our sale on 6 April.
Ansel Adams (1902–1984), The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1942. Estimate: $30,000-50,000.
Photographs including Property Sold to Benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation – 6 April at Christie’s New York, Rockefeller Center.
Reproduced with permission from The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. All rights reserved.
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Final #Handpicked highlights from our specialists @noah_postwar: ‘Sad to say that it’s the last day to view the wonderful works of #100xHandpicked artists selected by the #SaatchiGallery at Christie’s, Rockefeller Center! Shown here are #MatthewBrannon #RuthRoot #HumaBhabha and #KhalifKelly. Looking forward to an exciting sale tomorrow morning at 10am EST.’
Matthew Brannon (b. 1971), Switching Positions, 2006
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000
Ruth Root (b. 1967), Untitled, 2004
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Huma Bhabha (b. 1962), International Monument, 2003
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
Khalif Kelly (b. 1980), Neighbourhood Haircut Contest, 2007
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Behold #HenryTaylor The Young, the Brave, Bobby Hutton R.I.P. Oakland, California. 2007. This painting is a major highlight of #100xHandpicked artists selected by the #SaatchiGallery in New York on 22 March. Taylor’s portrait of slain Black Panther Bobby Hutton, murdered by cops as a teenager in 1968, is a powerful elegy for a young man whose unjust killing galvanized the Civil Rights movement. Taylor has effaced Hutton’s features and renders his shirt with thick yellow impasto. The painterly figure contrasts strikingly against the flat charcoal gray background, where fragments of an American flag are scratched into a decaying wall. Come see it in person - we’re open today until 5pm!
Henry Taylor (b. 1958)
“The Young, the Brave, Bobby Hutton” R.I.P. Oakland, California, 2007
Estimate: $35,000 - $45,000 (at Christie’s)
A highlight from @noah_postwar: I’m delighted to announce that our New York exhibition of #100xHandpicked artists selected by the #SaatchiGallery opens today at Rockefeller Center! Here is an image of #MatthewBrannon’s epic “Switching Positions,” 2006, being installed last night. The artist has transformed the menacing silhouettes of various knives into a nearly abstract grid of hard-edged black shapes. This intense design can be installed in any size using either vinyl or enamel paint. Clearly, we chose to go big. Really, really big. We’re open today through the 21st - don’t be shy to stop by and say hello!
Matthew Brannon (b. 1971), Switching Positions, 2006. Estimate: $5,000-$7,000
Handpicked: 100 Works Selected by the Saatchi Gallery, March 22 (at Christie’s)
Ivorian painter Aboudia evokes the energy and danger of West African urban life through paint and crayon.
The artist’s home city of Abidjan has been the site of ongoing violence and unrest since 2011, and the crazed expression and frenzied paintwork of Untitled Tête create a vision of a man surrounded by chaos.
Aboudia (B. 1983), Untitled Tête, 2014. Estimate £8,000-12,000.
Handpicked: 100 Works Selected by the @saatchi_gallery – Tomorrow at Christie’s London, South Kensington.
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While aspects of Hu Yongkai’s depictions of women include traditional elements, such as the furniture in this painting, the posture of his subjects, along with their clothing and demeanour, are modern and fresh.
The colour and simplicity of this painting — and the affectionate moment between a woman and her cat — create an appealing and emotionally uplifting image.
Hu Yongkai (b. 1945), Lady and Cat. Estimate: $2,000-4,000.
Fine Chinese Paintings – 14 March 2017 at Christie’s New York, Rockefeller Center.
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‘Handscrolls are in many ways the most intimate form of Chinese traditional painting’ – Elizabeth Hammer, our specialist in Chinese Paintings.
‘When you see a handscroll displayed wide open in a museum it’s actually not the way you are supposed to see it; what you lose is the cinematic unfolding of the composition as you go along.’
Offered in our ‘Important Chinese Art from the Fujita Museum’ auction on 15 March at Christie’s New York are six handscroll paintings, all owned by Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799) of the Qing Dynasty.
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In 2011, Zhang Daqian became not only the most popular Chinese artist at auction but the best-selling artist in the world, surpassing his former acquaintance, Picasso.
Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), Lilies And Rock. Estimate: $20,000-40,000.
Fine Chinese Paintings – 14 March 2017 at Christie’s New York, Rockefeller Center
Heidi Weber first met Le Corbusier in the summer of 1958 at Cap Martin on the Côte d’Azur. The encounter marked the beginning of a close and remarkably productive partnership between the pair.
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Three Le Corbusier works from the Heidi Weber Museum Collection will form a centrepiece of our Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale tomorrow.
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