CHRISTIE'S 

8 King Street, St. James's, London, SW1Y 6QT

Sale 8054 - Highlights from Christies upcoming auction on 9 February 2012.

Lot 516

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Femme au fauteuil

Dated `7.3.49.' (on the reverse)

Oil on canvas

24 x 19.3/4 in. (61 x 50.2 cm.)

Painted on 7 March 1949

Estimate £4,000,000 – 6,000,000

Lot 505

Joan Miro (1893-1983)

Personnages et oiseaux devant le soleil

Signed, dated and titled `Miro. 11-3-1946 "Personnages et oiseaux

devant le soleil"' (on the reverse)

Oil on canvas

36.1/4 x 29 in. (92.7 x 73.8 cm.)

Painted in 1946

Estimate £4,000,000 – 7,000,000

Lot 510

Juan Gris (1887-1927)

La table devant le batiment

Signed, dated and inscribed `A Leonce Rosenberg en souvenir de mon

exposition Juan Gris Avril 1919' (lower left)

Oil on canvas

23.5/8 x 31.7/8 in. (60 x 81 cm.)

Painted in 1919

Estimate £1,500,000 – 2,000,000

Lot 522

Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002)

Katezale (Encadenado)

incised with the artist's monogram `__' (centre)

iron

13.1/8 x 42.7/8 x 15in. (33.2 x 109 x 38cm.)

Executed in 1956

Estimate £1,000,000 – 1,500,000

Lot 542

Luis Meléndez (Naples 1716-1780 Madrid)

Oranges, nuts, spices, boxes of sweetmeats, a jug and a cask on a table

signed and inscribed in monogram 'L.M.\sz / C A' (lower left)

Oil on canvas

14.1/2 x 19.1/2 in. (36.8 x 49.5 cm.)

Estimate £2,000,000 – 3,000,000

Article Written by Axel Ritenis

Editor / Director of Connoisseur Magazine