For Immediate Release May 11, 2011 Contact: Sophia Chabbott tel +1 212 636 2680
[email protected] CHRISTIE’S NEW YORK LATIN AMERICAN ART SALES TO OFFER A RANGE OF MASTERPIECES OF MEXICAN AND CUBAN MODERNISM AND REDISCOVERED WORKS OF ARGENTINE POP TWO-DAY AUCTIONS EXPECTED TO REALIZE UPWARDS OF $20 MILLION Miguel Covarrubias (Mexican 1904-1957) Offering of Fruits for the Temple, 1932 Estimate: $ 200,000-300,000 Public Exhibition: May 21 to May 26, 2011 Auctions: May 26 – 27, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. and 10 a.m. New York — This month, Christie’s New York will present an array of Latin American Art to astound and excite. The Latin American Evening and Day sessions, to be held on May 26 and 27 are in keeping with the Season of Discoveries at Christie’s, with fresh to market works by outstanding artists such as Miguel Covarrubias, Claudio Bravo and the Argentinean 1960s Pop artist Jorge de la Vega. The auctions are comprised of nearly 350 works by more than 145 artists from 16 countries spanning across Latin America including Argentina, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Chile, Cuba, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Nicaragua. The works hail from the late 18th Century to Contemporary including prime examples from Colonial, Modernism, Kinetic Abstraction and Pop and Op Art. This resplendent sale is expected to realize upwards of $20 million. Fernando Botero (Colombian b. 1932) Colombian Landscape, 1986. Estimate: $800,000 - 1,200,000 Virgilio Garza, Head of Latin American Paintings at Christie’s comments: “Christie’s Latin American sales offer an impressive survey of fine paintings and sculptures that transcend the borders of the Latin American market.