Christie’s – Online Magazine No.341
The jewels of Anne Eisenhower:
the president’s grandchild who became a top interior designer
From Man Ray to Christopher Wool via Alice Neel:
a century of change in a single collection
Collecting Buddhist sculpture:
how to identify valuable pieces in diverse styles from across Asia
How the painter of this 19th-century Ottoman scene became the toast of turquerie fans in Paris
‘You can spend hours entranced by her designs’:
the artist behind Lilly Pulitzer fabrics gets her due
Sculptural silver: from coronets to candelabra, a 10ft palm tree and a shipwrecked Spanish ingot
Editor’s picks
Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell painted Florian’s Café, Venice during a 1910 stay in the city funded by his patron Patrick Ford. The Scottish Colourist deftly captures a crowd of well-dressed ladies sitting in Piazza San Marco, with an Italian flag above and the façade of the famous basilica glowing behind
Estimate: £250,000-350,000
21 March, London
Although it looks impressive, this 17th-century Japanese suit of armour wasn’t made for show. It dates from an age of conflict that demanded increased production of military kit, and its lightweight materials and flexible design indicate that it was worn in battle rather than as a ceremonial costume
Estimate: $35,000-40,000
21 March, New York
The Australian artist Sidney Nolan first made a series of works featuring the bushranger Ned Kelly in 1946-47, and he was still painting him more than 20 years later. Kelly in a Landscape, from around 1968, shows the outlaw in his distinctive homemade armour seemingly being swallowed up by the desert
Estimate: £10,000-15,000
22 March, London
