René Magritte (Belgium, 1898–1967) L'ami intime signed ‘Magritte’ (lower left) oil on canvas 28 5⁄8 x 25 ½ in. (72.6 x 64.9 cm.) Painted in January - February 1958 Estimate GBP 30,000,000 – GBP 50,000,000 Christie's London, The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale, 7 March 2024 Provenance Galerie Alexander Iolas, Paris & New York, ...

One of the great innovators, the most influential and best-loved modernists of European abstraction, Vasily Kandinsky (Russia/France, 1866–1944) broke new ground in painting during the first decades of the 20th century. In his influential treatise, On the spiritual in art, published in 1911, he wrote about art’s potential to ‘stand alone’, with imagery independent of ...

Vietnamese Ly-Tran Jar, Collection of Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

Dai Fu (16th Century) Birds and Flowers by the Pond Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk 176 x 102 cm. (69 ¼ x 40 1⁄8 in.) Signed, with one seal of the artist Price Realised HKD 403,200 at Christie's Hong Kong, 2 December 2023

A magnificent fine and extremely rare underglaze-blue and copper-red-decorated ’Dragon’ tianqiuping Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1723-1735) 20 in. (51 cm.) high Price Realised HKD 56,035,000 at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 December 2023

Yayoi Kusama (Japan, B. 1929) A Flower titled in Japanese; signed, titled and dated 'YAYOI KUSAMA 2014 A FLOWER' (on the reverse) acrylic on canvas 162.2 x 162.2 cm. (63 7⁄8 x 63 7⁄8 in.) Painted in 2014 Provenance Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo Private collection, Asia Acquired from the above by the present owner Estimate ...

Sanyu (Chang Yu, 1895–1966) Vase blanc, fleurs blanches, fond rose (White Pot, White Flowers, Pink Background) signed in Chinese and signed 'SANYU' (lower right) oil on canvas 74.2 x 49.8 cm. (29 1⁄4 x 19 5⁄8 in.） Painted in the 1930s Provenance Henri-Pierre Roché, Paris Jean-Claude Riedel, Paris Private collection, France (acquired from the above ...

Yayoi Kusama (Japan, B. 1929) Pumpkin [Fban] signed, titled and dated ‘FBAN PUMPKIN YAYOI KUSAMA 2013’ (on the reverse) acrylic on canvas 130.3 x 161.5 cm. (51 1⁄4 x 63 1⁄2 in.) Painted in 2013 Provenance Ota Fine Arts, Singapore Acquired from the above by the present owner Estimate HKD 38,000,000 – HKD 55,000,000 Price ...

Le Pho (Vietnam/France, 1907-2001) La femme au foulard blanc (Lady with a White Scarf) signed and dated ‘Le Pho 40’ (lower right), numbered ‘#676’ (on the reverse) ink and gouache on silk laid on paper 46 x 38 cm. (18 1⁄8 x 15 in.) Painted in 1940 Provenance Acquired directly from the artist by the ...

Le Pho (Vietnam/France, 1907-2001) Les chrysanthèmes blancs et jaunes (White and Yellow Chrysanthemums) signed in Chinese and signed again ‘Le pho’ (lower right); titled, inscribed and numbered ‘No 61 New York W.F Les chrysanthèmes blancs et jaunes’ (on the reverse) oil on canvas 130.5 x 97 cm. (51 3⁄8 x 38 1⁄4 in.) Painted circa 1970 Provenance Wally ...