LONDON.- Christie’s is honored to announce that it
will offer at auction this spring in New York major works from the collection of
the late Michael Crichton. Best-selling author and screenwriter, film director
and producer, Crichton is renowned for his terrifying and sometimes
controversial scientific thrillers such as The Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park,
Timeline, The Lost World, Rising Sun, and State of Fear, and for creating the
television series ER. Crichton is also acknowledged as a leading authority on
the American artist Jasper Johns.