The range at Masterpiece which opens in London today – from the Hongs of Canton in 1772 to Maverick House, Boston in 1837 to Crowther Street in Stockport in 1964 – is vast. Among many highlights is an uncatalogued work by Claude Monet at Richard Green; one of the large known fancy vivid yellow diamonds weighing over 114 carats by Symbolic and Chase; a 45 metre tall painting by Robert Delaunay whose wife Sonia is the focus of a retrospective now on at Tate Modern and The Fibonacci – the 600,000th piano by Steinway and Sons, who are Fair Partners. Masterpiece runs from June 25 to July 1 at The Royal Hospital in Chelsea, with a preview day on June 24. Here are some masterpieces:
Robert Salmon, Maverick House, Boston, Illuminated on 13th November 1837 in Honour of the Whig Victories in New York at John Mitchell
The Hongs of Canton, c1772. An exceptionally large panoramic scroll, gouache on silk laid on paper, 91.5x276cm. at Martyn Gregory
Laurence Stephen Lowry, Crowther Street Stockport, 1964, Oil on Canvas. Courtesy of Richard Green.