About This Auction

Coinciding with Frieze Week, Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Day Sale on 16 October presents an exciting selection of works by leading artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.Highlights include Thomas Schütte’s Großer Frauenkopf (2021–24), a commanding bronze from the artist’s celebrated series of monumental heads; Yoshitomo Nara’s Frog (1998), following the artist’s acclaimed exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London, earlier this year; and Gerhard Richter’s Fuji (1996), coinciding with the opening of the artist’s retrospective at Fondation Louis Vuitton.The sale also features works from the collection of Tiqui Atencio & Ago Demirdjian, following the debut of their collection in New York earlier this year. The Ole Faarup Collection, assembled over decades by one of Europe’s most important collectors, reflects his pioneering eye for contemporary painting and his visionary support of artists of his generation. Works from the Silvie Fleming Collection reveal a strikingly personal vision that engages deeply with contemporary figuration and abstraction.Also included are works from the Crex Art Collection, renowned for its bold embrace of Minimal and Conceptual practices, led by Robert Mangold’s seminal early work Brown Wall (1964). Two works by Alex Katz are offered from the Alessandro Grassi Collection, celebrated for its pioneering focus on colour and abstraction. Further highlights include works by Toyin Ojih Odutola, Michaël Borremans, Albert Oehlen, Howard Hodgkin, Etel Adnan and Marwan.