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n the occasion of celebrating five decades in Asia, Sotheby’s Hong Kong 50th Anniversary Modern Evening Auction will feature artworks that capture the multifaceted, creative spirit of artists working around the world during the 20th century, pioneers who broke past the boundaries of established norms to create a vision of modern and post-war art.
Leading the sale, and in commemoration of 50 years after the artist’s passing, will be Pablo Picasso’s Femme dans un fauteuil, a glorious portrait of his muse, lover and partner of a decade – the French painter Françoise Gilot. Completed on Christmas Day of 1948, Picasso attributes Gilot with a regal quality, seated in an armchair that bears a resemblance to a throne. Alongside Picasso’s Femme dans un fauteuil, is Joan Miró’s untitled painting from 1947 which was painted in New York, where enthusiasm for the Spanish titan of modern art was at fever pitch following two shows of the Constellations series organised by his dealer Pierre Matisse in 1945.
Other highlights include Zao Wou-Ki’s 25.03.85, Vietnamese modern master Le Pho’s La famille dans le jardin, Belgian painter and self-declared Impressionist Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprès’s Balinese garden with ladies, among many others – each representing the encapsulation of century-defining ideas. This auction will be a wonderful opportunity for collectors to engage in creative encounters with the most significant names from the modern era.
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二十世紀，世界各地的藝術先驅各自打破既有疆界，為現代及戰後藝壇開創了前所未見的紛繁盛況。二十世紀亦見證了蘇富比扎根亞洲的開端，有見及此，香港蘇富比特別在今春舉辦「五十周年現代藝術晚間拍賣」，與全球藏家共襄盛舉。
今年也是畢加索逝世五十年，為了紀念這位偉大的藝術家，本次晚拍的領銜鉅作正是他的《坐椅女子》。此畫完成於1948年聖誕節當天，畫中人是陪伴在畢加索身邊長達十年的繆思戀人——法國畫家吉洛，她端坐在王座般的扶手椅上，威儀有度。並呈胡安・米羅1947年在紐約創作的《無題》，當時收藏界對這位西班牙現代巨匠的作品興味盎然，事因兩年前，即1945年，米羅的經紀人皮耶・馬蒂斯為他舉辦了兩場展覽，展出他著名的星座系列。
其他精選傑構包括趙無極的《25.03.85》，越南大師黎譜的《花園裡的家庭》，以及自稱印象派的比利時畫家勒邁耶的《峇里花園與園中女子》，每件作品都展示出劃時代精神，令本次晚拍成為藏家深入了解一眾現代藝術巨擘、領略雋永思潮的絕佳良機。
