{"id":2397,"date":"2016-10-25T14:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T14:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/inspirations\/?p=2397"},"modified":"2016-10-25T14:00:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T14:00:40","slug":"david-bowie-art-collection-auctioned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/inspirations\/lifestyle\/david-bowie-art-collection-auctioned\/","title":{"rendered":"David Bowie Art Collection will be auctioned"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The private collection of David Bowie<\/em><\/strong>, with pieces by Basquiat and Damien Hirst, will be shown publicly for the first time and sold at auction in November.<\/p>\n

The collection kept away from public attention during the 50 years of David Bowie\u2019s career, which is about to change. Between 1 and 10 November, the collection assembled by the artist, disappeared in January, it will be shown at Sotheby\u2019s in London. Before that, they are prepared small previews that let realize the value of the collection, the first of which between 20 July and 9 August in the British capital (here are Los Angeles, New York and Hong Kong).<\/p>\n

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Damien Hirst, \u201cBeautiful, Shattering, Slashing, Violent, Pinky, Hacking, Sphincter Painting,\u201d 1995 Household gloss on canvas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The exhibition of objects prior to the auction, a sale in three parts of 400 pieces that belonged to David Bowie. Among them, 200 works that represent the most important British art of the twentieth century \u2013 Henry Moore, Graham Sutherland, Frank Auerbach and Damien Hirst, according to the statement from Sotheby\u2019s. There is also a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting, the most valuable of the collection goes to auction, according to the BBC, with an estimated between 2.5 million pounds and 3.5. (Between \u20ac 3 and 4 million). It was purchased a year after the musician have interpreted the artist\u2019s mentor role, Andy Warhol, cinema.<\/p>\n

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This set includes pieces of Outsider Art, Surrealism, contemporary African art, works of Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and the Memphis group, expressions of his famous \u201cinquiring mind\u201d, describes Sotheby\u2019s.<\/p>\n

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Ettore Sottsass \u201c\u2018\u0080\u0098Casablanca\u2019 Sideboard,\u201d 1981<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cArt was seriously the only thing I ever wanted. It has always been a stable food. Use it. You can change the way I feel in the morning. The same work can change me in different ways, depending on what I\u2019m going, \u201csaid David Bowie, in an interview with New York Times in 1998.<\/p>\n

Another of the pieces that will be displayed to the public is the musician turntable, a design piece of the 60s.<\/p>\n

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Pier Giacomo and Achille Castiglioni Brionvega \u201cRadiophonograph, model no RR 126,\u201d 1965<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A spokesman who spoke on behalf of the legacy of David Bowie said through Sotheby\u2019s, \u201cthe David Bowie Art Collection lives of personal interests and has been built with passion.\u201d \u201cHe always sought and encouraged loan collection and liked to share the work,\u201d he said. \u201cAlthough the family keep some parts with particular meaning, it was time to have other opportunities to enjoy \u2013 and get \u2013 art and objects that he admired so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anticipating the interest that the auction could generate, treating a planetary fame musician, Sotheby\u2019s organizes four previews of what will be auctioned in four cities:<\/p>\n

London \u2013 July 20 to August 9<\/p>\n

Los Angeles \u2013 and 21 and September 21<\/p>\n

New York \u2013 26 to 29 September<\/p>\n

Hong Kong \u2013 12 to 15 October<\/p>\n

The auction itself takes place in three parts:<\/p>\n

November 10 \u2013 Modern and Contemporary Art<\/p>\n

November 11 \u2013 Modern and Contemporary Art<\/p>\n

November 11 \u2013 postmodernist Design: Ettores Sottsass and the Memphis group<\/p>\n

The paintings can reach \u00a3 10 million, ie 12 million euros.<\/p>\n

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Frank Auerbach, \u201cHead of Gerda Boehm,\u201d 1965 Oil on board<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jean-Michel Basquiat, \u201cAir Power,\u201d 1984 Acrylic and oilstick on canvas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Source: Huffington Post<\/a><\/p>\n

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