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CONVERSATION ACROSS THE CENTURIES:LONDON FEBRUARY HIGHLIGHTS OF POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART

EVENING SALE ON VIEW IN NEW YORK DURING OLD MASTER AUCTION WEEK

27-29 JANUARY 2013

New York/LondonThis month, during Old Masters Week, Christies New York presents a special preview exhibition of

twelve important works from the February Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction in London, including works

by artists such as Richter, Judd and Warhol. Such contemporary masters will be shown alongside works from the Old

Master sales, featuring the best of European art from the 14 th to 19th centuries, from Botticelli to Drer, Raphael to

Gericault, Chardin to Brueghel. The preview will be exhibited alongside an innovative contemporary video showcase

New Media Old Masters, presenting works by Eve Sussman and Bill Viola (see separatepress releasefor details).

Amongst the highlights from Christies London Evening sale on view in New York will be David Hockneys unique

landmark painting entitled Great Pyramid at Giza with Broken Head from Thebes (1963) (illustrated on page 3; dedicated

press releasealso available). The work remains Hockneys only picture that commemorates his first trip to Egypt when

he was twenty-six. The trip, which he took just after he graduated from the Royal institute of Art, proved to be a lasting

influence: according to the artist, Egypt is one of the most thrilling countries Ive ever been to in the sense that these

monuments are the oldest known buildings anywhere. After all, when Cleopatra showed Julius Caesar the pyramids, they

were already two thousand years old and more. It is quite awe-inspiring; not even in China are there things older, and I

think you feel connected with them, whoever you are. Commissioned by art critic David Sylvester and The Sunday Times

journalist Mark Boxer, the 1963 work illustrates a turning point in Hockneys art with its innovative style, scale and

composition. Held in an important British collection for more than forty years, the work will be available at auction in

February for the very first time (estimate: 2,500,000-3,500,000 / $3,800,000-5,300,000).

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F O R I M M E D I A T E R E L E A S E

PETER DOIG (B. 1959)

The Architects Home in the Ravine

78 x 98 (200 x 250cm.)

Painted in 1991

Estimate : 4,000,000-6,000,000 / $6,100,000-9,000,000
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Peter Doigs The Architects Home in the Ravine (1991) is a mysterious scene of a small wood cabin obscured by a dense

network of trees rendered with virtuoso skill (estimate: 4,000,000-6,000,000 / $6,100,000-9,000,000; illustrated on

page 1). The depicted house in the background alludes to Le Corbusiers own home, Le Cabanon in Roquebrune-Cap

Martin. The painter remembered, When I went to see the Le Corbusier building for the first time, I never dreamed that

would end up painting it. I went for a walk in the woods on one visit and as I was walking back I suddenly saw the

building anew. I had no desire to paint it on its own, but seeing it through the trees, that is when I found it striking.

Inspired by Corbusiers iconic panels of colour, Doig depicts the house in bright hues so that its yellow faade and purple

roof penetrate through the veil of snow and Redwood trees.

Created in the heyday of the Pop movement, Study for Sweet Dreams Baby!reflects Roy Lichtensteins early embrace

of mass-media imagery, which allowed the artist to detach from the emotional abstract style of the post-war years

(illustrated on page 3; estimate: 700,000-1,000,000 / $1,100,000-1,500,000). While Andy Warhol also appropriated

popular motifs with his Batman and Dick Tracy paintings of the early 1960s, Lichtenstein delved further by appropriating

scenes he found in comic strips. The media-derived image and wry tagline of the present work suggests a deliberate

assault on the gestural abstraction and machismo pretensions of the Action Painters. According to Lichtenstein, 'I was

very excited about and interested in the highly emotional content yet detached, impersonal handling of love, hate, war

etc., in these cartoon images It is an intensification, a stylistic intensification of the excitement which the subject matter

has for me; but the style is, as you say, cool. One of the things a cartoon does is to express violent emotion and passion in

a completely mechanical and removed style.

NEW YORK PREVIEW

A Selection of Highlights From the London Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction

On view in New York, 27-29 January 2013

Gerhard Richter (b. 1932)

Abstraktes Bildsigned, numbered and dated `889-14 Richter 2004' (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

88.5/8 x 78.3/4in. (225 x 200cm.)

Painted in 2004

Estimate on request

Peter Doig (B. 1959)The Architect's Home in the Ravine

signed, titled and dated `THE ARCHITECTS HOME IN THE RAVINE PETER

DOIG 1991 (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

78.1/4 x 98in. (199 x 249cm.)

Painted in 1991

Estimate4,000,000-6,000,000 / $6,100,000-9,000,000


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Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

Round Jackie

gold paint and silkscreen ink on linen

each: 17.3/4 x 17.3/4in. (45.1 x 45.1cm.)

Executed in 1964

Estimate: 2,000,000-4,000,000 / $3,100,000-6,100,000

David Hockney (b. 1937)

Great Pyramid at Giza with Broken Head from Thebes

oil on canvas

72 x 72in. (183 x 183cm.)

Painted in 1963

Estimate: 2,500,000-3,500,000 / $3,800,000-5,300,000

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)

Enob

signed, titled and dated `1985' (on the reverse)

acrylic, oil, oilstick, xerox collage and wood collage on panel

80 3/8 x 37 x 4 in. (204 x 94 x 10.2 cm.)

Executed in 1985Estimate: 1,500,000-2,000,000 / $2,300,000-3,000,000

Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997)Study for Sweet Dreams, Baby!

signed with the artist's initials `rfl' (lower right)

graphite, coloured felt-tip pens and colour pencils on paper

5.1/2 x 5in. (14 x 12.6cm.)

Executed in 1964-1965

Estimate: 700,000-1,000,000 / $1,100,000-1,500,000


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Donald Judd (1928-1994)

Untitled (84-19)

stamped with the artist's signature, number and date

`DONALD JUDD 84-19, LEHNI AG, SWITZERLAND' (on the

reverse)

pulver on aluminium

11.7/8 x 70.7/8 x 11.7/8in. (30 x 180 x 30cm.)Executed in 1984

Estimate: 250,000-350,000 / $380,000-530,000

VIEWINGS:

Christie's New York

20 Rockefeller Plaza

Sunday 27 January 1pm 5pm

Monday 28 January 10am 5pm

Tuesday 29 January 10am 5pm

PRESS CONTACTS:

New York - Capucine Milliot | +1 347 403 1564 |[email protected]

London - Cristiano De Lorenzo | +44 207 389 2283 |[email protected]

About Christies

Christies, the world's leading art business, had global auction and private sales in 2012 that totaled 3.92 billion/$6.27billion. Christies is a name and place that speaks of extraordinary art, unparalleled service and expertise, as well as

international glamour. Founded in 1766 by James Christie, Christie's has since conducted the greatest and most

celebrated auctions through the centuries providing a popular showcase for the unique and the beautiful. Christies

offers over 450 auctions annually in over 80 categories, including all areas of fine and decorative arts, jewellery,

photographs, collectibles, wine, and more. Prices range from $200 to over $100 million. Christie's also has a long and

successful history conducting private sales for its clients in all categories, with emphasis on Post-War and Contemporary

Impressionist and Modern, Old Masters and Jewellery. Private sales totaled 631.3 million/$1 billion in 2012, an increase

of 26% on the same period last year.

Christies has a global presence with 53 offices in 32 countries and 10 salerooms around the world including in London,

New York, Paris, Geneva, Milan, Amsterdam, Dubai, Zrich, and Hong Kong. More recently, Christies has led the market

with expanded initiatives in growth markets such as Russia, China, India and the United Arab Emirates, with successfu

sales and exhibitions in Beijing, Mumbai and Dubai.

*Estimates do not include buyers premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyers premium and do not reflect costs

financing fees or application of buyers or sellers credits.

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