Going Once No. 419 – El Greco’s Saint Sebastian
A rare find in Classic Week: El Greco’s Saint Sebastian
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Explore Barry Humphries’s collection of art and literature — where Wilde, Beardsley and Charles Conder take centre stage
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Editor’s picks
A publicity shot of the Hollywood legend Greta Garbo, promoting her 1931 film Mata Hari, was transformed by Andy Warhol half a century later into The Star. Part of a series of 10 prints entitled Myths, the mesmerising image of Garbo — saturated in deepest red — sits alongside depictions of other cultural icons, including Mickey Mouse, Superman, the TV puppet Howdy Doody and Warhol himself
Estimate: $50,000-70,000
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Jan van Bijlert was strongly influenced by Caravaggio and was one of a group of Dutch artists who brought his style of painting to northern Europe. A Young Man Playing a Lute and Singing with Two Companions, probably dating from the late 1620s or early 1630s, takes its lead from the Italian master in its close-up viewpoint, packed composition, naturalistic detail and dramatic lighting
Estimate: $400,000-600,000
Recalling the famous catchphrase of Dame Edna Everage — ‘Hello, possums!’ — this pair of ‘possum’ spectacles is from the collection of her creator, Barry Humphries. The sale is dominated by artistic and literary works, from Symbolist paintings to rare editions of Oscar Wilde, but it also features items from Dame Edna’s wardrobe, including several examples of what she called her ‘face furniture’
Estimate: £1,000-1,500
13? February?, London
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The artist Ida Calzolari has made copies of works by many Old Masters, among them Rembrandt, Canaletto and Holbein. A small dog seated on a table, with biscuits and a Chinese cup, in oil on copper, is Calzolari’s affectionate and detailed rendering of a 17th-century original by Giovanna Garzoni, an Italian Baroque painter who worked for the Turinese court as well as the Medici family
Estimate: $800-1,200
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