ONLINE AUCTION
The Dawn of Spring: Chinese Paintings Online
February 12 – 26, 2025 at 10am (HKT)
Viewing: Feb 12–26, 10:30am-5:30pm; Feb 26, 10:30am-3pm; Closed Sat & Sun at Christie’s Asia Pacific Headquarters at The Henderson, 6/F, The Henderson, 2 Murray Road, Central, HK
Online Auction
The Dawn of Spring: Chinese Paintings Online auction showcases extraordinary Chinese paintings and calligraphy by masters spanning centuries from the classical to modern and contemporary eras, including Xu Beihong, Zhang Daqian, Pu Ru, Feng Zikai, Huang Yongyu, and Lui Shou-Kwan. The sale presents remarkable private collections, including the K. C. and Edith Wu family collection from North America, fine Huang Yongyu paintings from the Su Tu family collection from Taiwan, the collection of Singaporean collector Tan Sin Liou, and rare ancient Chinese books from Japanese collector Inoue Outo. Discover the rich essence of Chinese art with the wide variety of paintings and calligraphy featured in the sale.
If you are in Asia, be sure to explore the beauty of Chinese paintings and calligraphy in person during the preview exhibition at our Asia Pacific Headquarters at The Henderson from February 12–26.
UPCOMING ASIA WEEK NEW YORK AUCTIONS
LIVE AUCTIONS
Japanese and Korean Art
Auction: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 10am EDT
Viewing: March 14, 15–17, 10am-5pm & March 16, 1-5pm
This season’s Japanese and Korean Art sale is led by a magnificent Moon Jar, Katsushika Hokusai’s masterpiece Great Wave and an important Heian period Dainichi Nyorai sculpture. The auction also features a fine selection of Goryeo dyansty celadon from the David and Nayda Collection, examples of rare Joseon period porcelains, a beautiful painting by Ito Jakuchu and a curated selection of lacquer works, metalworks, modern and contemporary art, sculptures, ceramics and much more. Discover the auction in person at our New York galleries from 14 to 17 March.
Contact:
Takaaki Murakami
(212) 636 2160
[email protected]
South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art
Auction: Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 10am EDT
Viewing: March 14, 15–17 & 18, 10am-5pm & March 16, 1-5pm
This season, Christie’s live auction of South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art will be held on 19 March during Asian Art Week in New York. The sale celebrates the evolution and diversity of the arts of South Asia and its diaspora by showcasing seminal works by the most iconic South Asian artists practicing in the 20th and 21st centuries. The live auction is complemented by our South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Online auction, running from 12 to 25 March.
The auction is led by an exceptional group of early works by members of the Progressive Artists’ Group and their associates, which are completely fresh to the market. This selection includes a seminal formative painting by Maqbool Fida Husain from 1954, unexhibited since it was purchased in the year it was painted, Sayed Haider Raza’s iconic 1953 gouache, Black Sun, from the esteemed collection of Madame and Monsieur Jacques Lassaigne, and Akbar Padamsee’s monumental Untitled, a significant landscape from 1969 acquired more than 50 years ago by the pioneering collectors Bilwa and Lore Chowdhury. The catalogue also features other significant early paintings by Raza and Husain, and important works by Francis Newton Souza, Krishnaji Howlaji Ara, Krishen Khanna, Zainul Abedin, Gulam Rasool Santosh, Zarina and Sudhir Patwardhan.
Accompanying these masterpieces is a group of works by the forerunners of modernism in South Asia, including Jamini Roy, Walter Langhammer and George Keyt and the itinerant American artist Edwin Lord Weeks. Another important group of works in the catalogue celebrates the legacy of the Baroda Group of artists and the Faculty of Fine Arts at Maharaja Sayajirao University. Coming from various collections including that of the visionary architect B.V. Doshi and his family, this section of the sale comprises paintings, works on paper, prints and sculptures by artists like Bhupen Khakhar, K.G. Subramanyan, Jeram Patel, Sankho Chowdhury and Gulammohammed Sheikh.
Contact:
Nishad Avari
(212) 636 2190
[email protected]
Important Chinese Furniture and Works of Art
Auction: Thursday, March 20 & Friday, March 21, 2025 at 9am EDT (both days)
Viewing: March 14, 15, 17–19, 10am-5pm & March 16, 1-5pm
More details coming soon.
Contact:
Rufus Chen
(212) 636 2180
[email protected]
ONLINE AUCTIONS
South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Online
Auction: Wednesday, March 12 –Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 10am EDT
Viewing: March 14–15, 17–19, 10am-5pm & March 16, 1-5pm
Christie’s annual South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Online auction, taking place from 12 to 25 March, complements our live auction of works from this category, to be held in New York on 19 March. This season, the online auction features a diverse selection of the artistic practices from the 20th and 21st centuries that represent South Asia and its diaspora on the international stage.
The sale offers works across a variety of genres and media at accessible estimates for both new and seasoned collectors, including a strong selection of lots by founders of the Progressive Artists’ Group, Maqbool Fida Husain and Francis Newton Souza. Other highlights include paintings by Eric Bowen, Mohan Samant, Achuthan Kudallur, Sadequain, Zubeida Agha and Avinash Chandra, and notable works on paper and prints by Jagdish Swaminathan, Ivan Peries, Satish Gujral, Gulammohammed Sheikh and Bhupen Khakhar among other artists. Rounding out the catalogue is a selection of works by significant contemporary artists Zarina, Shahzia Sikander, Rina Banerjee, Nalini Malani, Bani Abidi, Nataraj Sharma and Jagannath Panda.
Contact:
Nishad Avari
(212) 636 2190
[email protected]
Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art
Auction: Wednesday, March 12 –Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 10am EDT
Viewing: March 14–15, 17–18, 10am-5pm & March 16, 1-5pm
This season’s sale brings together a superb selection of Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art. Headlining the sale is a large and well-provenanced Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Maitreya. Additional highlights include a large painting of Buddha Shakyamuni from Xumi Fushou, a rare post-Gupta period image of Buddha, a variety of fine Indian miniature paintings and a published group of Gandharan sculpture. Explore the auction in person at our New York galleries from 14 to 18 March.
Contact:
Hannah Perry
(212) 636 2180
[email protected]
Arts of Asia Online
Auction: Wednesday, March 12 –Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 10am EDT
Viewing: March 14–15, 17–20, 10am-5pm; March 16, 1-5pm; March 21, 10am-12pm
More details coming soon.
