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Yayoi Kusama, Red Dots, 1985

signed, titled and dated ‘Yayoi Kusama YAYOI KUSAMA RED DOTS 1985’ (on the stretcher) acrylic on canvas 91 x 72.7 cm. (35 7/8 x 28 5/8 in.)

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Tony Conrad, Yellow Movie, 1972

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Carroll Borland in Mark of the Vampire directed by Tod Browning, 1935

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“Anna May Wong was stunning. She wasn’t beautiful - she was stunning. […] Here’s a tall, statuesque woman of empowerment, who knew who she was, and this confidence was shown right away in all the films she did.”

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Eda Akaltun Stanford Social Innovation Review about ‘Circles of Change’

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Giovanni Boldini (Italian painter, 1842–1931) Lina Cavalieri 1901

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Vittorio Matteo Corcos Italian, 1859 - 1933 Ritratto di Lina Cavalieri

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Lina Cavalieri (1874-1944).

Italian opera singer and actress.

At a young age, she made her way to Paris, where her appearance opened doors and she obtained work as a singer at one of the city’s café-concerts. From there she performed at a variety of music halls and other such venues around Europe, and made her opera debut in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1900.

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She became one of the most photographed stars of her time. Frequently referred to as the “world’s most beautiful woman”.

In 1914, she wrote an advice column on make-up for women in Femina magazine and published a book, My Secrets of Beauty. In her Parisian Institut de Beauté, she licensed Parfums Isabey Paris and developed in 1926 a range of beauty products. The same year, she launched her own perfume, called “Mona Lina”.

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Almost all of her films are considered lost films.

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She’s been married 4 times : Prince Alexandre Bariatinsky (1899) ; Robert Winthrop Chanler (1910) ; Lucien Muratore (1913) ; Paolo d’Arvanni (19??).

She returned to live in Italy, well into her sixties when World War II began, she nevertheless worked as a volunteer nurse (Axis powers). Cavalieri was killed during an Allied bombing raid that destroyed her home in Florence, while collecting her most precious jewellery.