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LONDON — Works from theart collection of Sting andTrudie Styler will be offered atauction at Christie’s on Febru-ary 24. Formed over the past 20years and lovingly housed intheir former family home atQueen Anne’s Gate in London,the collection vividly capturesthe couple’s knowledge andpassion for art and design.More than 200 lots will beoffered from the collection —from bold abstracts by BenNicholson and Alan Reynoldsand striking Mapplethorpephotographs to Twentieth Cen-tury furniture and lightingthat complement the bold pri-

mary colors of Henri Matisse’s“Jazz” series and the playful-ness of ceramics by Picasso.

Andy Waters, senior director,head of private collection sales,Christie’s London, said, “Hav-ing been entrusted with manyof the greatest private collec-tions assembled by some of themost notable figures through-out history, Christie’s is hon-ored to be offering for saleworks from the art collection ofSting and Trudie Styler. Theirhome at Queen Anne’s Gateeffortlessly combined luxury,rarity and color — a skillfulbalance that created the ulti-mate London home. Each workof art was carefully chosen andthe resulting collection is a tes-tament to Sting and TrudieStyler’s informed eye for artand design. Alongside works byMatisse, Picasso, Mapplethor-pe and Nicholson, the collectionincludes Sting’s Steinwaypiano, which occupied pride ofplace in the music room atQueen Anne’s Gate.”

The collection features a num-ber of important works by thegreat artists of the Twentiethand Twenty-First Centuries,led by Ben Nicholson’s “March

55 (amethyst)” ($400/700,000).Painted in 1955, this workdates to a crucial phase inNicholson’s work, between thelate 1940s and early 1950s,which secured him a positionas the leading British abstractpainter on the internationalstage. The present lot exempli-fies his harmonious combina-tion of fluid drawing and a rel-atively muted palette, usingwashes of color to add subtleforms to the composition.

Matisse’s “Jazz” portfolio is acelebration of life and a riot ofpure color and form($360/500,000). Created in1947, it marks a radical depar-ture from the artist’s previouswork and is today consideredone of the greatest and mostinfluential print series of theTwentieth Century. Works byother masters of Modern artinclude Pablo Picasso’s litho-graph “e Corsage à Car-reaux,”1949 ($40/70,000) andprints by Georges Braque andRené Magritte. Among the con-temporary prints selection arepieces by artists of the presentday, Mimmo Paladino and

Carsten Holler, among others.A highlight from the selection

of drawings is Gustav Klimt’s“Study of a Young Woman inStockings” ($36/58,000).Depicting a striding femalenude in her stockings, thiswork is from a series of draw-ings of the human figure inmovement that Klimt complet-ed in 1906-1907.

Contemporary highlightsinclude Keith Haring’s untitled($100/140,000) and ZengChaunxing’s “Paper Bride(White)” ($40/70,000), bothiconic works from the art move-ments they represent. Execut-ed in 1984 and derived from hissubway vernacular, Haring’sfigures are archetypal of theenergy and emerging art sceneof the 1980s that he champi-oned alongside his contempo-rary Jean-Michel Basquiat.Twenty years later in the Post-cultural revolution era, ZengChaunxing’s “Paper Bride(White)” displays the heavyinfluences of western iconogra-phy on the emerging contempo-rary art scene of China in the2000s.

Of the striking photographson offer by Robert Mapplethor-pe, which revel in the sensualquality of nature, a highlight is“Calla Lilies,” 1983($40/70,000).

Sting and Trudie Styler’s sup-port for young contemporaryartists of the Twenty-FirstCentury is highlighted by astriking series of panels byRussian artist VeronicaSmirnoff, which were specifi-cally commissioned for thestaircase at Queen Anne’sGate. The collection is comple-mented with works by EmilyAllchurch and Giles Alexanderthat further underlines thecouple’s commitment to andsupport for young contempo-rary artists.In addition, the furniture and

design in the collection com-prises works by importantpostwar masters, includingYves Klein. Radiating with theartist’s signature pigments,“Table Rose” ($30/40,000) and“Table bleue” ($30/40,000) area testament to Klein’s relation-ship with color and its “infinitepresence” and the emotivereaction it had the power toevoke. Other significant piecesinclude Line Vautrin and PieroFornasetti mirrors, furnitureby Jacques Adnet and GeorgeNakashima and Jean Besnardceramics that capture theessence of nature.Christie’s is at 8 King Street,

St James’s. For information,www.christies.com or +44 207839 9060.

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Sting And Trudie Styler Offer Collection Pieces At Christie’s

“Jazz” by Henri Matisse (1869–1954), set of 20 pochoirs incolors, 1947, on Arches wove paper, a proof set aside fromthe edition of 100 (there was also a book edition of 270),published by Tériade Editeur, Paris ($360/500,000).

German ebonized Model B grand piano, Steinway & Sons,Hamburg, 1909, restored in 2002 ($40/70,000).

“March 55 (amethyst),” BenNicholson, OM (1894–1982),1955, pencil and oil wash onboard, 48 by 24 inches($400/700,000).

LONDON — “Multiplied” bycontemporary Spanish artistErnesto Cánovas is on view atHalcyon Gallery. This newseries of work uses large-scalemix-media on wood panelpainting as part of Cánovas’s

ongoing exploration into cine-ma, abstraction and foundimagery. With an openingreception with the artist onWednesday, February 24, 6:30to 8:30 pm, the show remainson view until March 13.

Influenced by recent popularculture, Cánovas combinesdecontextualized visual mediato create a unique narrativesequence. By introducingabstract color panels into thecomposition, Cánovas breaksdown the boundaries betweenlight, color, form and abstrac-tion. The contrast betweennatural and manmade is high-lighted through the use ofapplied materials to the wood-en canvas, which range fromgraphite drawings, acrylic andmixed media to enamel paintand resin. Some of the workon display is a collaborativepartnership between Ernestoand his wife, Polish artistGracjana Rejemer-Cánovas.

The artworks resonate a feel-ing of calm nostalgia — creat-ed as the artist adds andremoves layers from the woodpanel on which the images aretransferred, they appearfaded and worn like a snap-shot or flash of an event’smemory.

Halcyon Gallery is at 144-146 New Bond Street. Forinformation, +44 20 7100 7144or www.halcyongallery.com.

Ernesto Cánovas’s ‘Multiplied’ On View At Halcyon Gallery

“Difference in the Expressive Function of the CurrentEvents” by Ernesto Cánovas, mixed media and resin onboard. This work comprises four separate wooden panels,three of which allude to the artist’s love mid-TwentiethCentury cinema and film.

Antiques and The Arts Weekly - February 26, 2016