Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale

Sale Overview

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.

Auction times

16 Oct 01:00 PM (BST) Lots 101-246

Our specialist’s selection

Brought to you by

Isabel Bardawil

Senior Specialist, Co-head of Day Sale | Post-War & Contemporary Art

Isabel Bardawil is a Director, Senior Specialist and Co-Head of the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale at Christie’s in London. Since joining Christie’s in 2015, Isabel has worked on numerous Evening and Day sales and was head of the highly successful First Open online sales from 2020-2022. In October 2022, Isabel was responsible for the sale of the largest single owner collection of contemporary art from Africa and the diaspora. She has worked closely on collaborations with 1:54 Contemporary African Art fair since 2020 and has delivered several exhibitions at Christie’s in London of emerging artists and artists from Africa and the diaspora.

Isabel has worked on several highly successful charity partnerships and fundraising auctions. Highlights have included collaborating with the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in 2023 to raise funds for the museum’s Rainforest Gallery and the Nigeria Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2024; working with Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to raise fund for the new Children’s Cancer Centre at GOSH in 2025 and partnering with Syri-Arts and Kayany Foundation in 2018.

Isabel graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History of Art from the Courtauld Insitute of Art, London in 2015.

Stephanie Rao

Specialist, Co-head of Day Sale | Post-War & Contemporary Art

Stephanie Rao is a Specialist in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Department in London. Since joining Christie’s in 2016 as the Cataloguer for the Chairman of Post-War and Contemporary Art EMERI, Stephanie has worked on the Evening Auctions in London, Hong Kong and Shanghai and the curated Masterpieces of Design and Photography, as well as the single-owner auctions The Leslie Waddington Collection (2016) and The George Michael Collection (2019). Stephanie holds a BA in Law and Business from the University of Warwick, an MSc in Management and Strategy from the London School of Economics and an MLitt in Art History from the University of Glasgow. Stephanie is fluent in both English and Mandarin.