6 March 2pm GMT
The evening sales are traditionally the most important of each season.
Here are our curated selections.
Cy Twombly (1928-2011)
Untitled (Rome), 1962
graphite, wax crayon, pastel, gouache and ballpoint pen on paper
19 5⁄8 x 27 ½in. (49.8 x 69.8cm.)
ESTIMATE: GBP 300,000 – GBP 500,000
.In life as in art, Twombly’s responses never entail mere antiquarian nostalgia, but rather a desire to hold the past and present simultaneously". Kirk Varnedoe
Christie's Lot Essay
Rosemarie Trockel (B. 1952)
Untitled (Hammer and Sickle), 1987
knitted wool on canvas
94 7⁄8 x 27 ¾in. (241 x 70.5cm.)
ESTIMATE: GBP 200,000 – GBP 300,000
"The minute something works, it ceases to be interesting. As soon as you have spelled something out, you should set it aside". Rosemarie Trockel
Christie's Lot Essay
Giovanni Anselmo (1934-2023)
Infinito (Infinity), 1971-1973
lead
5 ¾ x 15 5⁄8 x 7 ¾in. (14.5 x 39.8 x 19.8cm.)
ESTIMATE: GBP 70,000 – GBP 100,000
“Anselmo used his art to engage viewers in profound meditations on the nature of experience". Elizabeth Mangini
Christie's Lot Essay
Lawrence Weiner (1942-2021)
A SPECIFIC SPACE FILLED WITH PARTICLES OF A SORT AT A SPECIFIC TIME, 2006
language + the materials referred to
dimensions variable
ESTIMATE: GBP 55,000 – GBP 85,000
"I am interested in what the words mean." Lawrence Weiner
Christie's Lot Essay
Wolfgang Tillmans (B. 1968)
Urgency XIX, 2006
chromogenic print mounted on Dibond, in artist's frame
overall: 70 7⁄8 x 93 ¾in. (180 x 238cm.)
This work is number one from an edition of one plus one artist's proof
ESTIMATE: GBP 120,000 – GBP 180,000
"I want the pictures to be working in both directions,” the artist has said. “I accept that they speak about me, and yet at the same time, I want and expect them to function in terms of the viewer and their experience." Wolfgang Tillmans
Artnet
Chris Ofili (B. 1968)
Head of an Afronaught, 1999-2002
oil, phosphorescent acrylic, glitter, polyester, resin, map pins and elephant dung on canvas with two elephant dung supports
75 x 48 ½in. (190.5 x 122.5cm.)
ESTIMATE: GBP 200,000 – GBP 300,000
"Bang, there it is. Afro head—celebration of Afrocentricity"
Chris Ofili in conversation with Ekow Eshun, in 'Chris Ofili', exh. cat., Tate Britain, London 2010, p. 98
Joseph Beuys (1921-1986)
Gefängis (Kabir + Daktyl) (Prison (Cabir + Dactyl)), 1983
steel tubing, metal sheet, Plexiglas, two carbide lamps, lacquer, stone and tape
76 ½ x 56 ½ x 15 ¾in. (194.3 x 143.5 x 40cm.)
ESTIMATE: GBP 250,000 – GBP 350,000
"Do you still believe that truth can only be grasped and not created?" Joseph Beuys
Christie's Lot Essay
On Kawara (1932-2014)
Dec. 24, 2006, 2006
liquitex on canvas and handmade cardboard box with newspaper clipping
8 1⁄8 x 10 ½in. (20.5 x 26.7cm.)
ESTIMATE: GBP 250,000 – GBP 350,000
"Keeping track was what On Kawara did best" Joan Kee
Rashid Johnson (B. 1977)
Untitled Anxious Red Drawing, 2020
oil on cotton rag
38 3⁄8 x 50in. (97.5 x 127cm.)
ESTIMATE: GBP 200,000 – GBP 300,000
"Fear is a stabiliser and anxiety is an alert system" Rashid Johnson
Christie's Lot Essay
Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)
Study for Seascape #17, 1966
graphite on paper
22 5⁄8 x 28 5/8in. (57.4 x 72.6cm.)
ESTIMATE: GBP 100,000 – GBP 150,000
“The prime mission of my art, in the beginning, and continuing still, is to make figurative art as exciting as abstract art.”
Artnet
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