New York, Rockefeller Plaza
HIROSHI SUGIMOTO (B. 1948)
HALL OF THIRTY-THREE BAYS, 1995, 16 5/8 x 21¼in. (42.2 x 54cm.)
The beauty grips me. this peice would do wonderfully in a eastern buisness tycoons salon if it was just larger. I can see it with ultra modern furniture.
WASHINGTON, D.C., 1964, 6 x 8¾in. (15.7 x 22.7cm.)
$17,500 (it sold way above the estimate)
What am I looking at? I wonder as I taking the skillful representation of angles and contrast.
ORPHANED CHEETAHS, KENYA, FROM 'THE END OF THE GAME,' 1968
20 x 24in. (50.8 x 61cm.)
$183,750 (it sold way >2x the estimate!)
I love everything Peter Beard makes. He is a genius of beauty. It is sad sweet. Love the placement of the pops of color. This is a stand alone peice not to be jumbled among a collection.
CONVERGING TERRITORIES #21, 2003-2004, each 24 x 20in. (61 x 50.8cm.)
4 GUEDRAS (MOROCCO), 1971, 23 x 19¾in. (58.8 x 50.5cm.)
$105,750 (sold above estimate)
Are these too offensive for a home or office?
Love that you can see to of their faces and that the reduced texture color and pattern.
HORST P. HORST (1906-1999)
ROUND THE CLOCK I, N.Y., 1987, 14 1/8 x 11½in. (36 x 29.2cm.)
I have adored this image for a while. It is iconic, but not too iconic as to be camp placed in one's home. Great inoffensive decorative piece and museum worthy as well.
MOUTH, FOR L'OREAL (B), NEW YORK, 1986, 17 x 16in. (43.1 x 40.6cm.)
How is this for L'Oreal? It looks to me as to be critical of 'the business'. great piece for an office.
NUDE, LONDON, 1952, 13 5/8 x 11 5/8in. (34.5 x 29.5cm.)
$23,750 (sold above estimate)
Love the breakdown of shapes and extremes of color.
All in all the pieces I chose did really well in the show.
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