Featuring Shen the T. rex – the First T. rex Skeleton Ever to be Offered at
Auction in Asia

A MONUMENTAL 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY ART SALE SEASON
EXPECTED TO FETCH US$216 MILLION

Shen the T. rex ,Estimate on request

Hong Kong – On 30 November and 1 December, Christie’s will further cement its position as the world’s leading art platform with a historic and diverse offering of masterpieces from 20th and 21st Centuries. With total pre-sale estimates of HK$1.2B – 1.7B/ US$153M – 216M, seminal works by art icons including Sanyu, Joan Mitchell, Zao Wou-ki, Yoshitomo Nara, Adrien Ghenie, George Condo, Yayoi Kusama, and major artists of the moment such as Nicolas Party, Avery Singer, and many more, will be offered across five eagerly anticipated auctions: 20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale –featuring the historic sale of Shen the T. rex, Post-Millennium Evening Sale, Marc Chagall,Colour of Life: Works Formerly from the Artist’s Estate (Part II), 20th Century Art Day Sale, and 21st Century Art Day Sale.

A ground-breaking highlight of the Evening Sale, is Shen the T. rex – a rare, scientifically-important
Tyrannosaurus rex (T. rex) skeleton, researched by leading palaeontologists from global institutions.
An historic moment, this will be the first time a T. rex skeleton has ever been offered at auction in Asia.

JOAN MITCHELL (1925-1992), Untitled, oil on canvas, 278 x 199 cm. Painted in 1966 – 1967.
Estimate: US$11,000,000 – 15,000,00
ADRIAN GHENIE (B. 1977), Degenerate Art (Self Portrait as Vincent Van Gogh with Bandaged Ear), oil on canvas, 180 x 200 cm. Painted in 2018. Estimate: US$6,000,000 – 8,700,000
MARC CHAGALL (1887 – 1985)L’envol du peintre,Oil and tempera on canvas,129.8 x 96.8 cm.
Painted in circa 1979.Estimate: US$1,500,000 – 2,500,000

This season, Christie’s Hong Kong will debut the first Post-Millennium Evening Sale in Asia. The thematic sale encapsulates a selection of paintings that reverberate the ever-evolving world of images compelled by technologies and ephemeral content of our times. Traversing from Nicolas Party to Avery Singer, from Stephen Wong to Javier Calleja, viewers will be prompted by the landscapes within and between reality and imagination,to reconsider the elemental aspects that shape our era.

NICOLAS PARTY (B. 1980),Blue Sunset,pastel on linen,180 x 150.2 cm. Painted in 2018.
Estimate: US$4,900,000 – 6,100,000

30 November – 1 December / Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

Public Preview:
Hong Kong | 26 – 30 November / Convention Hall, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, No.1 Harbour Road, Wancha