Art & Home Magazine

ART& HOME SEPT–OCT 2015

SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2015

Sotheby’s Art & Home

The elements of an extraordinary life

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BULGARI. AN ANGEL SKIN CORAL AND DIAMOND ‘SERPENTI’ WATCH BRACELET. The articulated yellow gold body applied with angel skin coral scales, the head accented with marquise-shaped diamond eyes, the tail embellished with brilliant-cut diamonds, head opening to reveal a Jaeger Le Coultre watch, signed BVLGARI, made in Italy by Illario for Bulgari, early 1960s.

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FEATURES 42 The Wow Factor Celebrity and fashion photographer Francesco Scavullo created unforgettable images of glamour.

By Jennifer Krasinski

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An especially rich autumn season is the perfect time to be immersed in the capital’s thriving cultural scene.

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DEPARTMENTS 10 The Scene Drake’s I Like It Like This, New York's Contemporary Art Dinner, Master Paintings Reframed and London’s Summer Dinner

The Collector’s Eye 12 Refined art and objects from the grand Virginia home of an American collector

14 At Home with Art Multitalented designer Rose Uniacke creates timeless, elegant interiors

18 The Collector’s Eye The strength and elegance of Ming dynasty furniture

20 Art in Motion The enduring appeal of classic British cars

24 All that Glitters A new generation at Buccellati carries on the house's tradition of excellence

28 Art at Every Price Point

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This September, a wide range of Chinese ceramics will be offered in our New York Asia Week auctions

30 Extraordinary Properties Remote, secluded spots offer the ultimate luxury: complete privacy

Art in Context 34 Centuries-old masterworks make a bold statement in a contemporary penthouse apartment

Sotheby’s This Season 54 A calendar of auctions and exhibitions worldwide

58 How to Buy at Auction A step-by-step guide to navigating the auction process

Sotheby’s International Realty 59 Property Showcase 72 Anatomy of an Artwork The stories behind Andy Warhol’s album covers for the Rolling Stones, John Lennon and other hit makers

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Eli and Edythe Broad open their Los Angeles museum

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AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLABORATION

ON THE COVER Tranquil single-story retreat in the guard-gated community of The Oaks of Calabasas. This bright and spacious 5-bedroom, 6-bath home blends the open feel of a contemporary house with the warmth of a Spanish hacienda.

MLS# SR15158328 EwingSIR.com Ewing & Associates Sotheby’s International Realty

Calabasas, California, see page 68

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n 35+ years as a senior executive for premier real estate firms in Southern California’s most prestigious markets, I have learned that a home is much more than shelter. Like art, a home represents a reflection of one’s unique lifestyle preferences as well as a personal statement of identity.

Lakefront, coastal, golf, ranch and equestrian-friendly neighbourhoods epitomise the quintessential California lifestyle. Ewing & Associates Sotheby’s International Realty is recognised as the preeminent provider of property offerings in Malibu, Hidden Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Valley, Lake Sherwood and surrounding communities.

Our company has quietly earned a reputation of leadership in Roger Ewing the residential real estate community for marketing exceptional Broker / Owner homes. Our internal network of luxury marketing specialists represent decades of experience catering to the real estate needs of high-profile clientele.

Our inaugural edition of Art & Home represents the international pulse of art, fashion, style, technology and architecture. This exciting publication presents a carefully curated selection of quality lifestyle content from around the world. In addition, I am proud to recommend a selection of our most important property offerings (see page 59).

For more information about Ewing & Associates Sotheby’s International Realty, please visit our website at www.EwingSIR.com or call Roger Ewing directly at 310.385.9009.

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THE SCENE Contemporary Art Dinner

New York top David Gersh, David Johnson and Gary Cypres bottom John and Mary Pappajohn

I Like It Like This

New York top Future The Prince bottom Vashtie Kola and DJ Cassidy

I Like It Like This

New York top Drake and Swizz Beatz bottom Scout LaRue Willis, Jenné Lombardo and Brandee Brown

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Contemporary Art Dinner New York top Beth Rudin DeWoody and Firooz Zahedi bottom Didier and Dominique Guyot

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Contemporary Art Dinner

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Guests celebrated I Like It Like This, presented by Sotheby’s S|2 gallery in collaboration with Grammy Award-winning artist Drake. This selling exhibition of works by black American contemporary artists was accompanied by the hip-hop icon’s curated song selection at Beats by Dre™ sound stations throughout the gallery.

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Sotheby’s New York Prior to Sotheby’s Contemporary Art sales, Chef Dan Barber from Blue Hill Farm prepared a specially curated four-course dinner featuring farm-to-table dining. A large set of barn doors from the farm and artworks by Lichtenstein, Rothko, Warhol and others complemented the dining experience.

Previews, parties and charity galas around the world

Summer Dinner

London top Mark Hix, Sotheby’s Oliver Barker and Michael Craig-Martin bottom Annie Morris and Idris Khan

Master Paintings: Reframed

New York top Lynn Yaeger bottom Ingela Klemetz Farago

Master Paintings: Reframed

Photographs by Kelly Taub/BFA.com

New York top Mickey Boardman and Michael Musto bottom Marjon Carlos and Chioma Nnadi

Summer Dinner

London top Sotheby’s Melanie Clore and Olivier Widmaier Picasso bottom Belma Gaudio and Tania Fares

Master Paintings: Reframed

Summer Dinner

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Sotheby’s London

The Puck Penthouse, New York Highlights from New York’s June Master Paintings sale were hung in the stylish Puck Building penthouse for a party hosted by Vogue’s Lynn Yaeger and designed in partnership with Sotheby’s International Realty.

The contemporary apartment provided a fresh, unexpected backdrop for works by Dutch and Italian masters, among others.

18 June Hosted by Henry Wyndham and Melanie Clore with the Duke of Devonshire, Sotheby’s Summer Dinner featured highlights from the summer sales, including Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary Art and the Collection of Castle Howard. The sales achieved £419.9 million, the highest for the London season.

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American Classic For three decades, Mrs Mary Braga filled Oakendale Farm, her grand Virginia home, with paintings, furniture and decorative art that reflected her refined taste. A selection of these objects, from sporting pictures to English furniture, recalls the elegant aesthetic of this sophisticated collector.

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1 JOHN WOOTTON Merry Quill, belonging to Sir Edward O’Brien, 1729 $60,000–80,000 2 A pair of Dodie Thayer cabbage tureens, covers and stands $1,000–1,500 3 A pair of George III polychrome japanned D-shaped pier tables, circa 1765 $15,000–25,500 4 Andrea Spadini Dancing Elephant Fountain, patinated bronze, cast related to the Delacorte Musical Clock, Central Park, New York Estimate upon request 5 Alfred James Munnings View of Dunkery Beacon, circa 1925 $80,000–120,000

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6 A George II provincial oak supper table, mid-18th century $600–800 7 A Worcester blue scale-ground soup tureen and cover together with a pair of Worcester blue scale-ground plates (not shown), circa 1770 $1,000–1,500

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8 Axel Amuchastegui Cockatoos in Their Natural Habitat, 1964 $8,000–12,000 9 A pair of Regency polychrome-painted mahogany hall chairs, circa 1820 $1,500–2,000 10 Gerard Victor Alphons Röling Eggs in a bowl $800–1,200

Property from the Estate of Mary Sayles Booker Braga will be on view in New York from 14–18 October. Auction: 19–20 October. Enquiries: +1 212 606 7285.

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at home with art

a fine balance Rose Uniacke’s lush, relaxed interiors are informed by her expertise as both a designer and antiques dealer. Helen Chislett spoke with the multitalented Londoner.

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“I have a visual sense of what I am trying to achieve,” says the designer, “but it is never formulaic.”

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ose Uniacke is one of London’s leading interior designers, but she does much more than create stately, minimal rooms.

Uniacke’s business is based in Chelsea, where she runs her studio and her eponymous shop from a double-aspect showroom in the Pimlico Road design district. The latter is stocked with both carefully chosen antiques and 20thcentury furniture, as well as Uniacke’s own lines of furniture and lighting. These three activities – designing interiors, selling antiques and producing her own collections – complement one another perfectly, not least because she believes so strongly in curating spaces that combine the old and the new with effortless refinement.

Uniacke originally trained as a furniture restorer, gilder and specialist in paint and lacquer. In 1994, after moving to France, she began buying pieces and sending them back to her mother, the well-respected antiques dealer Hilary Batstone, for her Pimlico shop. Interiors were a natural progression for Uniacke, as clients increasingly asked for her advice on how best to display their purchases. Today, from her Pimlico Gallery and design studio, she oversees a team of 20 and is developing residential and commercial projects around the world, most recently in the south of France and San Francisco.

No two Rose Uniacke interiors look the same. The idea of rolling out a signature style is anathema to her. Guided by a historical sensibility, she instead takes a painterly approach to these serene and harmonious spaces that are relevant to the client and the architecture. “I have a visual sense of what I am trying to achieve, but it is never formulaic,” she says.

“I don’t like spaces to be too perfect – an element of the unfinished or the casual is a reminder that we are human.”

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What comes first when you are designing – the interior or the art?

It depends on the client’s situation. It may be that someone wants me to design a space around their collection. That is interesting because art in itself sets a mood, so it may suggest a path forward that is well defined. If I don’t need to take art into consideration, I begin by conceptualising the whole situation – the bones of the room – and then try to establish a context that is going to feel logical, comfortable and welcoming. Art becomes a part of that context.

Do you know from the first moment exactly how the art will be installed?

No. Part of the fun of design is that it is an organic process.

Even if you visualise something beforehand, you can’t always anticipate how the volume of a space will be affected when you come to hang a painting on the wall. It may alter the balance of the room’s composition, so that you realise you need something else of weight or strength to counteract that effect.

It is all about creating a sense of harmony. A small object might have a power equal to that of a huge canvas. But it is not essential to have art in a room – if you are trying to express something simple, it may be best to leave the walls unadorned.

The absence of art can be interesting and is certainly restful.

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How important is it to install the correct lighting?

Not nearly as important as most people think. I am not pro the “home as gallery” approach. I don’t believe that art should necessarily be highlighted – and when I do use light, it is never in the perfect way that a gallery would. I am trying to achieve something much more casual. Often I will hang pieces low to bring them to eye level.

Do clients ask you to buy art on their behalf?

Yes, it often happens, but it is not a question of saying, “The room is finished – let’s add some art.” Everything must feel integrated and speak with one voice. For me, the furniture and the art must feel as comfortable as the people. Any art I buy for a client, therefore, must have relevance – I am not looking to shock with art, but to use it as part of the palette when it comes to balancing a space.

How easy is it to work with a client’s existing art collection?

It is absolutely wonderful to work with art from different periods, because the mood it conveys can be so different.

Currently, I am designing a Georgian house in Richmond around a major collection of African contemporary art.

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Instead of feeling like a gallery, the house is comfortable and integrated. Working with Old Masters or antiquities presents a different challenge.

What do you collect yourself?

In my own home, I have collections of contemporary art, photographs and furniture from all periods. We have recently bought a few pieces of Roman glass, a fabulous Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann bookcase and a work by Sigmar Polke. I don’t like to be rigid about how art is defined. Personally, I think a piece of design is as valid in an artistic way as a painting. I love objects and furniture – they can be incredibly powerful and do the same job as sculpture or art.

How would you describe your own style of design?

An interior is like a canvas. You might just have a simple table and chair and a glamorous light – and that may be all you need.

To me, a space should have a soul and a voice. I am also a firm believer in function: it’s boring if you have to worry where to put your glass down. Life is complicated enough without that.

Helen Chislett writes regularly on design and decoration for international publications, including the FT’s How to Spend It magazine, and 1stdibs.

(Opposite, from far left) Rose Uniacke; an elegant dining room she designed for a London home; inside her Pimlico Road shop; and one of her eclectic interiors, with a painting by Sigmar Polke and a 17th-century Mughal rug.

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Pursuit of Perfection Sturdy and simple, Chinese furniture from the collection of Dr S Y Yip embodies the strength and spiritual power of the Ming dynasty.

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5 A Huanghuali six-post canopy bed, late Ming dynasty Estimates upon request.

Ming Furniture – The Dr S Y Yip Collection will be exhibited in Hong Kong from 2–6 October.

Auction: 7 October.

Enquiries: +852 2822 8128.

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art in motion

A dedicated sale in London this autumn celebrates the enduring appeal of classic British cars.

This 1934 MG PA/B Le Mans, chassis no. PA/1711 is a highlight of RM Sotheby’s September sale.

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British Style When Sir James Pennethorne began his initial design for London’s Battersea Park in 1846, Karl Benz was a mere two years old, and it would be another four decades before he sold his first – many say the first – true motor car.

So Pennethorne would, no doubt, have been amused to hear the 200-acre space in central London resounding to the futuristic whine of high-performance electric motors this past June, when it provided the venue for the final round of the inaugural FIA Formula E emissionfree race series.

To some, however, Battersea Park has been synonymous with cars – albeit of the older variety – since RM Sotheby’s set up its European arm in 2007 and chose the park as the location for what has become a muchanticipated annual auction.

That first event – with its Roaring 20s-themed opening party, decidedly glamorous atmosphere and stellar £18.4 million total – changed the perception of what a UK classic car sale should entail. Among the lots were 44 cars consigned by Formula One impresario Bernie Ecclestone, while subsequent London sales have seen the Aston Martin DB5 driven by Sean Connery’s James Bond in Goldfinger and Thunderball sell for £2.9 million and, in 2008, the realisation of a (then) record price for a McLaren F1 at £2.5 million.

Over the past few years, the UK in the late summer/early autumn has become the place to be for anyone and everyone with an interest in the classic car scene, thanks to the burgeoning number of events taking place. These range from Lord March’s much-loved Goodwood Revival on the south coast of England to the now-yearly Concours d’Elegance, which will be held from 4–6 September at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, in partnership with RM Sotheby’s.

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(Above) The 1950 Aston Martin DB2 Vantage, chassis no. LML/50/19.

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London-based writer Simon de Burton covers old and new cars for the Financial Times, Country Life, EVO and Octane.

RM Sotheby’s 2015 will be on view at Battersea Evolution, London, from 6–7 September. Auction: 7 September.

Enquiries: +44 (0)20 7851 7070 or visit rmsothebys.com.

photograph by Tim Scott © 2015 Courtesy of RM Sotheby’s

Other quintessentially British cars on offer include a 1959 MG MGA in rare, twin-cam format. The rarest and most sought-after MGA, this example spent much of its life in South Africa, where it was regularly used as a press/ demonstrator car. Equally significant is a 1934 MG PA/B Le Mans that enjoys the distinction of having been part of the all-women Dancing Daughters racing team, which competed at the famous La Sarthe circuit in the 1935 24-hour race – and was the first team car across the line.

The sale will also present a 1929 Bentley 4½-litre Tourer, one of the more iconic British cars of its day. The previous year (1928), a Bentley 4½-litre claimed victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours, thrusting the model into the limelight. The example on offer at the upcoming London sale is differentiated from its peers as one of just five open four-seaters by London’s Cadogan Motors.

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the uk in the late summer/early autumn has become the place to be for the classic car scene.

It might be fair to say, even, that this booming collector’s scene represents the “coming home” of the classic car to a nation which, for its relatively small size, has contributed a disproportionate amount to the evolution of the automobile, and it continues to do so today as the base of great marques such as Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar and Aston Martin.

In the past, however, the lexicon of British carmakers was vast, ranging from AC, Alvis, Austin and Allard to Vauxhall, Vanden Plas, Wolseley – and even the generally forgotten and short-lived Wrigley.

Among the more than 75 cars being offered at RM Sotheby’s London sale, there will be, of course, a wide selection of models built on home turf. Among these will be several historic competition cars, including the very first Aston Martin to carry the high-performance Vantage badge in the form of a 1950 DB2, which was bought new by Bill Spear, the well-known amateur racer and co-driver to the legendary Briggs Cunningham.

One of just three Vantage-specification DB2s built, the car finished second in class in the first Sebring six-hour race and is now eligible for major historic events such as the Mille Miglia and Le Mans Classic.

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VIVA BUCCELLATI Buccellati, the Italian jewellery dynasty that spans four generations, fuses a reverence for tradition while looking toward the future.

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(Opposite, clockwise from left) 18 karat white gold, diamond and yellow diamond pendant and 18 karat white gold, diamond and Paraiba tourmaline earrings from Buccellati’s 2015 Timeless Blue collection; 18 karat white gold and diamond earrings from Buccellati’s historic Ghirlanda collection.

(Above) From the collection of Estée Lauder, sold to benefit the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation.

18 karat two-colour gold, diamond, emerald and enamel brooch, Buccellati $7,000–9,000

For a jewellery house with such a long and noble family heritage, Buccellati has always been surprisingly low-key. For decades it has remained under the radar of mighty big-brand marketing power while somehow rising above it. Aficionados around the globe, however, have revelled in Buccellati’s unchanging traditions, its quiet, distinguished elegance and its unwavering dedication to age-old artisanal techniques.

Loyalty to wearing Buccellati is often passed down through generations of a family, symbolising a way of life linked to a deep appreciation of the timeless, old-school beauty of their jewels and silver objects. Buccellati’s quintessential Italian classicism is underpinned with soul, integrity and a touch of humanity, and it is just the kind of enduring heirloom that is proving its worth in the auction rooms today.

Earlier this year at Sotheby’s, a flexible bracelet of finely-worked two-coloured gold studded with rubies and diamonds sold for $125,000, and a cuff of silky gold encrusted with diamonds made a higher-than-expected price of $52,500.

Famed for its distinctive hand-engraving techniques, which are rooted in antiquity and the Renaissance, Buccellati transforms metal into glorious spun gold that conjures deliquescent silk, damask or brocade, glimmering Burano-style lacework, a floating leaf or a wilting petal. The painstaking process yields a gossamer-light tulle-like surface, and each minute honeycomb perforation is carefully traced, hand-pierced, engraved

and polished to perfection before being meticulously set with diamonds that seem to nestle secretively in the gauze.

These techniques were pioneered by Mario Buccellati, who founded the company in 1919 after apprenticing in the Milanese jewellery business since the age of twelve. Near La Scala, his shop and his artistic jewels and silverwares soon drew a sophisticated clientele of aesthetes and intellectuals, like the poet Gabriele D’Annunzio, who commissioned jewels and gifts for his lovers, including Ida Rubinstein and Eleonora Duse, and who labelled his friend Mario the “Prince of Goldsmiths.” As Buccellati’s fame spread around the world, more shops were opened in Italy, and in New York in 1951 and in Paris in 1979.

Since the company’s start, it has been the family tradition for two generations of Buccellatis to work together as co-creative directors – one member of the older generation takes on the chief creative role while mentoring and teaching a member of the next generation.

Of Mario’s five children, it was Gianmaria, who, having sketched his first design at age twelve, took the creative lead and who, on his retirement in 2013, handed the reins to his son Andrea. As chairman and the company’s creative force, Andrea works alongside his brother, Gino, who manages silver production, and his sister, Maria Cristina, who is director of communications. From the age of sixteen, Andrea sat at his father’s side, watching the

(Top, clockwise from left) 18 karat two-colour gold and diamond cuff-bracelet, Buccellati $25,000-35,000; 18 karat gold cuff-bracelet, Buccellati $35,000-45,000; 18 karat two-colour gold, ruby and diamond cuff-bracelet, Buccellati $40,000–60,000.

(Above) Pair of 18 karat gold, coral and diamond pendant-earclips, Buccellati $10,000–15,000

design and craft processes, until he officially joined the business four years later. Today, he takes pride in the skills and secrets passed to him from his grandfather via his father. “My father was the best possible teacher. He worked with love and passion every day for 65 years; it was his life.”

After his father’s retirement, Andrea officially began working with his daughter, Lucrezia, who lives in New York, and who set about injecting a fresh spirit of youthful informality into Buccellati’s signature classical looks. For example, in the new Opera collection, a typical Buccellati baroque motif is scattered over light chains, charm bracelets and sautoirs.

Having recently married, Lucrezia has shaped the company’s first bridal collection, Romanza, a Buccellati take on the solitaire diamond engagement ring. Andrea says he works well with his daughter, sending ideas and sketches between New York and Milan.

Along with the new generation came a new chapter for the company: in 2013, Buccellati entered into a partnership with Italian private equity firm Clessidra, giving the company resources to expand and evolve, to keep pace with the world around them, but in their own particular style. They have focused attention on the US, their principal market, opening stores in Chicago, Miami and New York, where their sleek new Madison Avenue flagship embodies Buccellati’s reverence for the past and an eye to the future. “Previously we were very traditional, very elegant, but the new concept is classic Buccellati in a fresher way, in its colours,

furniture and display,” says Andrea. For the launch of the Madison Avenue boutique, Andrea and Lucrezia collaborated on Timeless Blue (blue is the brand’s signature colour), a series of five one-of-a-kind jewels that are inspired by the 19th-century masterworks of Monet, Bonnard, Homer and Redon, a celebration of Buccellati’s inimitable aesthetic, its fusion of art and craft.

Younger, more accessible collections are integral to the new concept, translating classic Buccellati techniques and style into wearable, everyday jewels: the historic Ghirlanda series, diamonds in “crochet” openwork; Ornato, an iteration of the sublime “tulle” work; the Classica and Macri adaptations of the heavenly satin-sheen cloth of gold; and the joyfully bouncy gold circles of the Hawaii and Honolulu collections.

In the midst of these changes, Buccellati firmly remains a family business, passionate about technique and the spirit of the bottega.

According to Andrea, the family’s mission to maintain its distinctive style and never to compromise on quality has not changed.

Sustaining the unsurpassed level of handcraftsmanship must surely present a challenge for Buccellati’s planned expansion. Andrea agrees but explains that Buccellati trains artisans in its own academy in Milan, and in Buccellati tradition, their devoted craftsmen pass down knowledge and secret techniques from father to son. “In the last fifteen years, we have seen many of the younger generation wanting to become artisans, adopting a new approach to this work.” Apprentices study and train in the company for between five and ten years, after which many become independent but continue to work for Buccellati. “We need at least ten years’ experience for all of our artisans.

And at Buccellati, we believe that every artisan is an artist.”

Vivienne Becker is a jewellery historian and contributing editor for FT’s How to Spend It. Important Jewels will be on view in New York from 19–24 September. Auction: 24–25 September.

Enquiries: +1 212 606 7392.

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ceramics at every price point A dazzling range of extraordinary and accessible art at Sotheby’s Asia Week auctions in New York.

Under $10,000

$10,000–$50,000

$50,000 and above

A large “qingbai” ewer and cover Yuan dynasty $15,000–25,000

Zhao Meng Scholar’s Rock, Gongshi $5,000–7,000 Monochrome

A fine yellow-ground green-enamelled “dragon” bowl Yongzheng mark and period $200,000–300,000

Important Chinese Art

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Important Chinese Art

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A rare glazed biscuit figure of Liu Hai Qing dynasty, Kangxi period $25,000–35,000

A rare hexagonal celadon-glazed vase Yongzheng seal mark and period $150,000–200,000

Images of Enlightenment: Devotional Works of Art

Monochrome

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A blue and white “double-duck” form water dropper and cover Ming dynasty, 15th/16th century $7,000–9,000

A rare underglaze blue and yellow-enamelled “dragon” dish Xianfeng mark and period $10,000–15,000 Saturday at Sotheby’s: Asian Art

Important Chinese Art

19 September

15–16 September

A famille-rose “peony” moon flask Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century $10,000–15,000

A rare “ding” conjoined triple jar and covers Song/Jin dynasty $6,000–8,000 Monochrome

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A famille-verte bottle vase Qing dynasty, Kangxi period $8,000–12,000 Important Chinese Art

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A large and rare “jun” numbered flower pot Ming dynasty, 15th century $50,000–70,000 Monochrome

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A rare and important amber-and-blueglazed pottery gooseform vessel Tang dynasty $350,000–450,000 Important Chinese Art

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Far and Away Five properties, including an East End compound and a mountain retreat in the Pyrenees, all share the ultimate luxury: privacy.

Montauk NEW YORK

One of America’s greatest and most storied summer compounds offers the unparalleled combination of an oceanfront estate with a historic equestrian farm in an approximately 31-acre offering. Surrounded by miles of riding trails and hundreds of acres of adjoining agricultural reserve, this property provides peaceful seclusion in highly desirable Montauk.

An East End landmark, the estate was built in the early 1930s as a fishing camp and was later made famous by subsequent owner Andy Warhol, who often entertained such guests as Jacqueline Onassis, Mick Jagger, Elizabeth Taylor and John Lennon. $85,000,000 Property ID: T7YBV4 | sir.com Sotheby’s International Realty – East Hampton Brokerage Edward R. Petrie +1 516 885 9365

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For some, getting away from it all means arriving at a destination where solitude is sacred. A private island.

A tucked-away peninsula. A secluded rainforest. A place that’s under the radar and away from the crowds.

And yet finding that perfect cloistered patch of land is increasingly difficult, which is why such spots hold more than a measure of prestige. “Privacy and exclusivity are important attributes in luxury retreats,” says Joe Zahm of Turks and Caicos Sotheby’s International Realty.

Among the world’s rarest real estate trophies are private islands, where one can be chief of his own sandy territory. Some islands, particularly those in Asia and the South Pacific, are available only through longterm leases, while others can be purchased outright.

Tropical islands tend to attract the most interest from would-be developers and wannabe castaways.

Turks and Caicos has developed a strong market for private islands, and Zahm predicts demand will rise in response to development on the main island of Providenciales. But hideaways do exist there: Turtle Tail Estate, a custom compound with panoramic water frontage, an infinity-edge pool and multiple outdoor lounge areas, has the perks and privileges of a secret sanctuary: it is set on a private 4.5-acre peninsula.

In Costa Rica, architect David Konwiser found his own oasis on a swath of greenery outside Manuel Antonio National Park. To reach it, one must fly from the capital of San José on a nineteen-seat turboprop and then travel by vehicle up a steep gravel road.

What started as a beach house morphed into Villa Punto de Vista, a ten-bedroom estate cantilevered over the rainforest. The site offers 180-degree views of the jungle and the bay, creating “almost a perfect reality,” Konwiser says. The only sounds are waves and the calls of toucans and howler monkeys.

No street clamour, no car horns, no crowd noise.

“Silence,” says Zahm, “is the new luxury.”

New York-based writer Iyna Bort Caruso has contributed to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Newsday, among others.

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(Above) This property presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to purchase a 75-acre private island with endless possibilities. Located in the heart of the Exuma Cays and nestled in the famed Bock Cay Archipelago, Lignum Vitae Cay is one of the most stunning natural cays, with unspoilt beaches, lush vegetation and elevations that capture the breathtaking views. $11,500,000 Property ID: C9XJXD | sir.com Damianos Sotheby’s International Realty Mark Hussey +1 242 322 2305

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(Right) This exquisite oceanfront penthouse is one of the most important properties located on the exclusive Fisher Island, which is accessible only by ferry or helicopter. A dramatic terrace frames unobstructed views of the Atlantic. $25,000,000 Property ID: 8GZ2PM | sir.com One Sotheby’s International Realty Elena Bluntzer +1 305 992 7987

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Saint Julia De Loria Andorra

(Left) This masterpiece of modern luxury is located in the residential area of Aixirivall, within the Sant Julià de Lòria area of Andorra. Both the interior and exterior are characterised by a minimalist design, and this home is ideally located for those who want to live in a real mountain retreat surrounded by comfort and exclusivity. €10,000,000 Property ID: ZCW83J | sir.com Andorra Sotheby’s International Realty +376 872 222

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ART IN CONtext

past meets present Centuries-old masterworks installed in a contemporary penthouse make for a brilliant study in contrasts, finds Sarah P. Hanson.

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n an early evening in downtown New York, cognoscenti of the art and fashion worlds gathered in one of the Puck Building’s sleek, newly renovated penthouses for Master Paintings Reframed, a pop-up exhibition/ show house that juxtaposed centuries-old paintings with luxe contemporary design. The show included highlights from Sotheby’s June sale of Master Paintings, ranging from Renaissance allegories to 18th-century French still lifes. In the window-lined aerie, the pictures complemented edgier elements like a hammered-brass console and angular seating. “Part of the idea was to show how great these paintings look in a contemporary setting,” explains Christopher Apostle, head of Sotheby’s Master Paintings department. The message was clear: these aren’t your grandfather’s Old Masters.

And the aesthetic made an impression on the young crowd in attendance. “The contrast is really great,” commented Liz Margulies, who, as the daughter of the Miami-based megacollector Marty Margulies, grew up surrounded by contemporary creations. “We go to Frieze, but we wouldn’t pick up an Old Master catalogue,” says creative director Kym Canter of her fashionindustry friends’ buying habits. “But this looks cool. This is how trends begin.”

Antonio Joli’s view of 18th-century Rome adds a classical touch to a Puck Penthouse dining room.

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(From left) Old meets new in the Puck Penthouse: Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem’s The Unequal Lovers hangs above a painted Italian chest from circa 1500; and an allegorical painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder harmonises with contemporary decor.

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collectors, who are getting wise to the Renaissance roots of some of their favourite artists, from Cindy Sherman to George Condo.

Perhaps the best endorsement for era mixing, however, comes from artists themselves.

The anthropomorphic Allegory of Winter by a follower of the 16th-century Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo came from the collection of artist Richard Prince. Says Apostle, “The truism of the best art, from the Old Master period up to things that are still in the studios of Williamsburg today, is that the really good stuff touches us, and continues to.”

A contributing editor of Art + Auction, Sarah P. Hanson writes on art and culture for a variety of publications.

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more collectors are choosing to hang traditional art in nontraditional ways.

The apartment itself is a mix of old and new. Atop the landmark Puck Building, so named for its original publisher tenant and glinting statues of the Shakespearean character that adorn its Romanesque façade, the Puck Penthouses, which are being offered by Sotheby’s International Realty, are a skilful blend of the historic and the cutting edge.

“The aim was to create a very high-end residence, a Park Avenue-type apartment downtown,” explains Jose L. Ramirez, the project’s interior architect. Ramirez left intact the original vaulted brick ceiling and cast-iron columns while weaving in luxurious finishes like hand-matched, open-book marble panels.

“We wanted to get the best mix of both sides of that spectrum and bring them together in a cohesive whole.”

More and more, says Apostle, clients are choosing to hang their Canalettos and van Ruysdaels in nontraditional ways, and he’s fielding growing interest from contemporary

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the Broad’s big Debut Opening in September in downtown Los Angeles, the Diller Scofidio + Renfrodesigned Broad museum is as ambitious and impressive as the collectors for which

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it is named.

Eli and Edythe Broad in the newly completed museum.

Eli Broad is a man with a reputation for getting things done. After building two Fortune 500 companies from the ground up, he transferred his drive to philanthropy about fifteen years ago; his achievements have since included almost single-handedly creating a cultural centre for downtown Los Angeles, including its monumental anchor – the Frank Gehrydesigned Walt Disney Concert Hall. That project was dead in the water for years until Broad raised $225 million, and twisted not a few arms in the process.

Headstrong, some have called him. Control freak is a term others have used.

Sitting in his sleek Century City office, with its commanding views of Los Angeles, Broad listens to repetitions of those descriptions and doesn’t blink.

“Um-hum,” he replies, unfazed. “I’m determined to do the things I set out to do.

When you are building something, you get the best building when you have a strong client working with the architect. I’ve seen too many buildings that don’t work.”

Such a fate, needless to say, is not likely to befall The Broad, a new contemporary art museum opening to the public on 20 September.

It will be home to the nearly 2,000 works in the Broad Art Foundation, as well as the personal collection that Mr Broad has formed with his wife of 60 years, Edythe.

Located just next door to Disney Hall, The Broad is a 120,000-square-foot stunner designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, built at a cost of $140 million, all paid for by Broad, who is also providing the institution with a $200 million endowment.

Over the past several decades, many art museums had hoped they might one day receive the holdings of the Broad Art Foundation, a private entity begun in 1984 that acts primarily as a lender of its works to museums all over the world.

About five years ago, Mr and Mrs Broad decided to build their own museum. After securing the property downtown, they invited six leading international architects to submit proposals.

“It was a very challenging site,” says Broad.

“How do you build something right next to Disney Hall that will not clash – and still be a great, iconic building?”

Programmatically, the commission was tough, too: in addition to gallery spaces, Broad wanted the building to contain a storage facility for the foundation’s entire collection.

“Liz came up with the best idea,” he continues, referring to Diller Scofidio + Renfro partner Elizabeth Diller. Her concept has come to be known as “the vault and the veil.”

The “vault” is a 36-million-pound concrete mass, which, in spite of its heaviness, appears to be floating at the centre of the building and contains 21,000 square feet of art storage space.

The “veil” is a porous, honeycomb-like exterior structure that wraps around the building and provides filtered natural daylight to the galleries.

As has been widely reported, that veil was particularly complicated to build. “It was easy to draw on paper but not to engineer,” Broad says.

“We had 25 different engineers working on it.

There were a lot of seismic issues, and issues with the contractor. It delayed us about fifteen months.”

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“I’ve had a very unique and productive relationship with Eli,” says Diller. “He has been intimately involved in every aspect of the museum’s evolution because it’s a deeply personal project for him. He has defended our design from early development through realisation.”

Now that the building is done, the public will soon get the opportunity to see the Broad collection essentially for the first time. Although the works have been widely loaned, the collection has never been seen as a whole. “It has only been seen episodically,” says Joanne Heyler, director of The Broad. “With the inauguration, the public will finally be able to understand the depth and breadth of the collection.”

“We’ve got a collection of art from the last 50 years that is second to none – and I am talking about any museum,” says Broad, with characteristic directness.

The son of Lithuanian Jewish immigrants, Broad was born in the Bronx and raised in Detroit. After graduating from Michigan State University, he became a certified public accountant at age 20. A few years later, he started Kaufman and Broad (now KB Home), the phenomenally successful builder of suburban housing. Later, he created SunAmerica, a giant retirement-saving company. Since selling it for $18 billion in 1999, he has dedicated all of his time to philanthropy.

“But I’m working harder now than when I ran a Fortune 500 company,” says Broad, who turned 82 in June.

His interest in art dates to the early 1970s, when Edythe bought a Toulouse-Lautrec poster. “My wife was the first collector. I found it a relief from spending time with bankers and other business people.”

After buying a van Gogh drawing and works

by Miró and Matisse, Broad changed his focus.

“Then we moved into contemporary. I like to collect the art of our time.” Broad has since become known for collecting artists in-depth.

“We won’t buy a work without understanding the entire career of an artist. We do a lot of research. To me, collecting is not just about buying objects; it’s a learning experience.

“In the 1980s, we began buying Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Cindy Sherman – today we have the largest collection in the world of her work. Then we met Jeff Koons. We’ve got about 35 of his pieces.

“We have substantial works by Roy Lichtenstein, Cy Twombly and Jasper Johns – including a major Flag painting. But we were late with Andy [Warhol]. I became really interested in him only after I saw the retrospective Kynaston McShine organised at MoMA in 1989.

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Broad enjoys socialising with artists – and still finds them a relief from bankers and business people. “I enjoy their intellect, the way they view the world. I have learned a lot about what is happening in society from artists, particularly from Koons. His creativity is remarkable, the way he keeps moving forward.”

Broad was also personally fond of Basquiat, even after he caught him smoking pot in his powder room. “Jean-Michel was kind of wild.

He was uncontrollable. The only one who could control him was Andy. Then when Andy died . . . .”

Today, Broad’s philanthropic interests extend far beyond art. The Broad Foundations, with assets of $2.7 billion, work for the public good in education, science and medicine.

He takes an entrepreneurial approach to all his giving. “We want to make a difference, so

we don’t just give money to institutions. We spend time identifying effective leaders, then we invest with them. The Broad Institute is now the world’s leading centre for genomic research. Not a day goes by when something we are doing in medicine isn’t reported.”

Now that the heavy lifting for the new museum is over, Mr Broad is focusing on opening events and festivities. “We will start with an international press conference, then the next night hold a black-tie dinner for 1,000, with many people from overseas. The following day we’ll have the civic dedication and then another dinner for 1,000. I will be feeding a lot of people.

“It’s been a long five years,” he says in conclusion. “But we got it done.”

He always does.

James Reginato is writer-at-large of Vanity Fair.

“We won’t buy a work without understanding the entire career of an artist.”

(Above) The exterior of The Broad, showing the “vault and veil” design.

(Left) Elizabeth Diller and Eli Broad taking a hard hat tour of The Broad during construction.

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Supermodel Linda Evangelista, photographed in 1990.

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(Clockwise from top left) Francesco Scavullo and Elizabeth Taylor, circa 1977; Gia Carangi, 1979; Faye Dunaway, 1977; Candy Darling and Salvador Dalí, 1973; Samuel Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe, 1974; Sterling St Jacques, 1978; and Tally Brown, 1969.

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ophia Loren, Barbra Streisand, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, Liza Minnelli, Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Margaux Hemingway, Paulina Porizkova, Catherine Deneuve, Cindy Crawford, Madonna. Some say that there was not a single star in the latter half of the 20th century who wasn’t photographed by Francesco Scavullo. For more than six decades, the legendary fashion and celebrity photographer reigned as one of America’s greatest imagemakers. Many of his most enduring pictures will be offered in a series of auctions at Sotheby’s beginning this autumn.

Born on Staten Island in 1921, Scavullo discovered his passion for the camera at an early age. When he was ten, he began photographing his sisters, recreating looks he saw in the movies and fashion magazines he loved. At sixteen, he became the assistant to the legendary fashion photographer Horst P. Horst, and at nineteen, he shot his first cover for Seventeen magazine.

In 1965, Scavullo received a career-changing phone call from Helen Gurley Brown, the newly appointed editor in chief of Cosmopolitan magazine. Brown believed that modern women could have it all, and she wanted Scavullo to help define her new vision of femininity: the Cosmo Girl. She was strong, self-possessed and terrifically sensual. “Everybody knew the Cosmo Girl, and everybody wanted to be the Cosmo Girl,” said Scavullo, who, in collaboration with his stylist and life partner, Sean Byrnes, defined her look for three decades.

The photographer knew instinctively that beauty wasn’t just something you were born with. It was something to create, to reveal and to capture. Industry insiders described his talent for lighting and styling as “Scavullo-ising.”

Gloria Vanderbilt claimed that he had “unerring perception.” But Scavullo had a simpler explanation for how he brought out the best in the people he photographed. “If you make them feel that they’re sensational, they’ll look sensational,” he said in an interview.

And he didn’t just create glamour, he lived it, perhaps nowhere more than in the chic circles at New York’s Studio 54. “Fashion is always reflecting what’s going on in the world, and there was a lot going on at 54,” Scavullo said of the nightclub where he and Byrnes partied alongside the superstars he photographed.

He also discovered new talent, launching the careers of Farrah Fawcett, Brooke Shields, Christie Brinkley and Gia Carangi, considered by many to be the first supermodel. “She was marvellous,” Scavullo once said. “It was like working with a wild young horse.”

Scavullo remained a vital force in fashion and photography until his death, in 2004, and he never stopped creating his signature images of beauty and glamour. “I get a kick out of photography,” he once said of his art. “I love it.

I live for it. I don’t look back. I don’t look ahead.

I just look around.”

scavullo knew instinctively that beauty wasn’t just something you were born with.

It was something to create.

Jennifer Krasinski writes about art and performance for Artforum.com, The Village Voice and other publications.

Photographs by Francesco Scavullo will be offered by Sotheby’s in a series of auctions starting this autumn.

Enquiries: +1 212 894 1212. sothebys.com.

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london The jet set check in at Claridge’s, while the art crowd loves the Beaumont. If you are travelling to London this season, take our advice: book early. Because autumn, as Elena Bowes reports, is the perfect time

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ondon is a good place to call home,” says art advisor and curator Alistair Hicks. And just by looking at the numbers, it is also a great place to visit: according to one report, 18.8 million people are expected to travel to London in 2015, making it the top global destination. If you are wondering why they are going, the forthcoming autumn season offers more than a few reasons.

There is theatre: Mark Rylance in Farinelli and the King, which has transferred from Shakespeare’s Globe for a limited run at the Duke of York’s Theatre or Nicole Kidman in Anna Ziegler’s play Photograph 51 at the Noël Coward Theatre.

There are also astounding culinary options: Paris’s double Michelin-star Le Taillevent is crossing the channel with Les 110 de Taillevent, an all-day brasserie on Cavendish Square.

Meanwhile, the popular Greek restaurant Estiatorio Milos is crossing the Atlantic from New York City with an offshoot on Regent Street. Caprice Holdings is expanding its net further with Sexy Fish on Berkeley Square, and chef Bruno Loubet

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and mixologist Tony Conigliaro team up in Marylebone at the Zetter Townhouse, a new 24-room boutique hotel.

Then there are the abundant parks. “It is a very green city, which makes walking a pleasure,” says Hicks. Those who take an October stroll to vibrant King’s Cross will see garden designer Dan Pearson’s new planting for Gasholder Park, with anemone, all gold, purple stem, daffodil and dogwood, among other flora. For Pearson, who won a gold medal at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, walking through London is the perfect way to reconnect to nature. “On foot you see the way that green space links so much of the city,” notes Pearson.

“You see the forgotten corners.”

As it happens, the art fairs that anchor the season take place in green settings: Frieze London and Frieze Masters, at Regents Park, and the smaller Pavilion of Art and Design (PAD), in Berkeley Square. “I love the opportunity to be in one place for both Frieze and PAD and see so many different things,” says Justine Picardie, the editor in chief of Harper’s Bazaar UK. “It’s the equivalent for me of going to the prêt-à-porter or the couture shows in fashion.”

all photographs by ian teh unless otherwise noted. victoria siddall: courtesy frieze

More than 160 contemporary galleries from 27 countries will be represented at Frieze London (14–17 October), and more than 120 galleries will be exhibiting at the smaller Frieze Masters (14–18 October), which includes art from antiquity to 2000. The latter fair was masterminded four years ago by Victoria Siddall, the 37-year-old dynamo who now directs both shows. This year, Siddall is particularly excited about the inaugural Collections section at Frieze Masters, featuring eight exhibitions focused on art created before the 20th century, curated by the esteemed Sir Norman Rosenthal. “People can come and see something from a period that they might not normally look at,” Siddall explains. “This is about discovery.”

She is also looking forward to Focus at Frieze London, which showcases emerging artists. “The feedback we have is that this is one of the strongest art fair sections for young galleries anywhere in the world,” she explains, citing the curatorial involvement from the likes of Raphael Gygax of the Migros Museum in Zurich.

In addition to Focus, there is Live, a roster of performances happening throughout the fair, and the sitespecific Frieze Projects. It is a marathon, even for the most intrepid fairgoer. Siddall recommends a solid day of viewing with a break for lunch; book ahead at one of the many highend pop-ups hosted by Frieze, such as Locanda Locatelli, Umu, Petersham Nurseries and The Arts Club. And don’t forget the basics. “Pick up the map,” Siddall advises. “Without it, even I am lost.”

More intimate is PAD (14–18 October), with international dealers showing 20th-century art, design and decorative arts in a boutique setting. “PAD is full of beautiful things for the home. You find the odd surprise, from jewellery to sculpture

“People can come and see something from a period that they might not normally look at.

This is about discovery.”

—Victoria Siddall

(Opposite) The Millennium Bridge, opposite Tate Modern, offers a picturesque view of St Paul’s Cathedral.

(Above) The Arch, a six-metrehigh sculpture by Henry Moore in Kensington Gardens.

(Left) Frieze and Frieze Masters director Victoria Siddall.

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to furniture,” says London-based interior designer and PAD judge Francis Sultana. Thirteen new participants join the roster of international galleries, bringing this year’s total to 62. New arrivals include Michael Goedhuis (Asian art), Tomasso Brothers Fine Art (British antiquities), Siegelson (vintage jewellery) and Pinto (French contemporary design).

“It’s like being in the 7th in Paris, strolling down the street, looking in the windows,” says Sultana.

Coinciding with Frieze and PAD is the opening of megadealer Larry Gagosian’s new gallery in Mayfair, with an exhibition of works by Cy Twombly. Like the dealer’s two other London branches, this one is designed by Caruso St John (the architects behind Damien Hirst’s new museum in Vauxhall, which opens in October). The 18,000-square-foot structure is vast, but it will have a domestic feel – a departure

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from the grey concrete floor, exposed beams and semiindustrial look of Gagosian’s other London locations.

“The space is more in keeping with its Mayfair setting,” explains Gary Waterston, the gallery’s managing director.

Complete with warm oak floors, the generous private viewing rooms will be sky lit with tall ceilings, “but not overly tall” assures Waterston, enabling clients to imagine the works in their own homes.

“Mayfair is a draw,” Waterston adds. “You have activity at street level and people walking around, which you don’t get in other areas of London.” The area is attractive for its abundance of luxury boutiques and galleries; it is also home to Sotheby’s London, on New Bond Street, where the autumn sales of contemporary and Italian art are held during Frieze week, 15–16 October.

six connected locals share tips from on the ground

Dan Pearson, garden designer I have a few green spaces I love in the West End. These, like St Anne’s Churchyard Gardens on Wardour Street, the Phoenix Garden off Tottenham Court Road and the neighbouring churchyard of St Giles in the Fields, have managed to remain fairly unknown to the majority of visitors. But my favourite garden in the city has to be Chelsea Physic Garden, where you can escape completely from the noise of the Embankment and lose yourself in the ordered beds of useful plants.

Florence Knight, chef and restaurateur The perfect day off: breakfast in bed, walking the dogs through Regent’s Park, stopping on the way for coffee or a custard tart from Kaffeine. Wandering through Marylebone, I’d stop for supplies at the farmers’ market, La Fromagerie and Ginger Pig. We might pause at Liberty for a browse in the stationery department before heading to Soho and home to cook dinner.

Photograph by Linda Nylind, Courtesy of Linda Nylind/Frieze

Alistair Hicks, curator and advisor, Deutsche Bank Collection Few good things stay secret in the art world for long. It is the same for restaurants. For the first weeks of its existence in Soho, I enjoyed Bocca di Lupo’s brilliant version of Italian cooking in tranquillity. Now I still go but have to share the experience with celebrities and many others. The secret places are those that are unfashionable now. One can still gaze in relative peace at works by Velázquez and Fragonard in the Wallace Collection, and the candlelit evenings at Sir John Soane’s Museum are magical. But it is the people in London who are most special.

Roksanda Ilincic, fashion designer London has so much interesting architecture. I particularly like Brutalist industrial structures such as the Barbican and the Hayward Gallery. I also love David Adjaye’s buildings – I look at the sculptural façade of Rivington Place art space in Shoreditch every day on my way to work. And the silhouettes of the gasholders in King’s Cross and Hackney against the evening sky are incredible.

Amanda Levete, creative director, Selfridges An early morning run with my son in Kensington Gardens, exchanging news and confidences as we go, followed by a long, lazy lunch at River Café with my husband and close friends. An afternoon visit to the V&A – quite simply one the very best museums, with an unparalleled knowledge of the designed world. Then an evening drink at the American Bar in the Beaumont.

Other favourite places are Sweetings, unchanged since it opened in 1890, for oysters and black velvet, and the tiny Brockley Jack Pub Theatre, with a programme of plays promoting new talent.

Catherine Lambert, critic and curator I’m fortunate that regular association with London artists entails visiting their studios. But, in a way, you can’t and shouldn’t see art being made; what really counts is done in private, with lots of scope for experiment and failure. However, I really admire those I have been watching in their studios over the past few months – Michael Armitage, Laura Oldfield Ford, Anish Kapoor and Frank Auerbach.

(Left) Inside the 2015 Serpentine Pavilion, designed by the Spanish architecture studio SelgasCano.

The installation is on view through 18 October.

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“I’m interested in things having to do with displacement, identity, urban life.”

—Hussein Chalayan

“To me, there’s a real romance about Mayfair,” says Picardie. The Bazaar editor has a soft spot for the neighbourhood, from the Art Deco design of the Beaumont and Claridge’s hotels to charming South Audley Street, where Coco Chanel had a house. “Mount Street is filled with some wonderful new shops, like Christopher Kane and Roksanda Ilincic,” says Picardie.

For her part, Ilincic finds London a constant source of creativity: “You always feel one step ahead because it’s a place that nurtures the experimental while also having a strong sense of tradition.”

Another addition to Mayfair is the Bourdon Street boutique of Hussein Chalayan, the British/Turkish-Cypriot designer known for his precisely tailored conceptual clothes.

Chalayan channels his theatrical side with Gravity Fatigue, his first dance production, debuting at Sadler’s Wells Theatre on 28 October.

“Normally a designer does costumes,” explains Chalayan, but in this project, “I am the author.” He devised the costumes, which will influence the dancers’ movements, and also the title, set and concept, which is brought to life by choreographer Damien Jalet. Gravity Fatigue “is really about my world,” he says. “I’m interested in things having to do with displacement, identity, urban life.”

The cultural calendar might be getting crowded, but leave room for some must-see museum shows, including Shoes: Pleasure and Pain at the Victoria and Albert; Goya: The Portraits at the National Gallery; Ai Weiwei at the Royal Academy; and the Berlin-born, London-based painter Frank Auerbach at Tate Britain.

Auerbach, Ilincic, Chalayan. These creative powerhouses are all synonymous with London, yet all are from elsewhere.

“One becomes a Londoner very quickly,” says Alistair Hicks.

“I was born in London, but that is an unnecessary requirement.” Part of the city’s specialness stems from how international it is. London has long been a magnet for inventive, driven people. Those waves of new arrivals are the very heartbeat of London.

Elena Bowes is a London-based art and travel writer | elenabowes.com.

(Clockwise from top left) The Roksanda Ilincic boutique on Mayfair’s fashionable Mount Street; fashion designer and artist Hussein Chalayan, whose debut dance production, Gravity Fatigue, opens in October at Sadler’s Wells Theatre (left).

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14 Selling Exhibition

Beyond Limits: The Landscape of british sculpture 1950–2015 Exhibition 14 September– 25 October Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

A pair of Huanghuali continuous horseshoe armchairs Late Ming dynasty Price upon request Ming Furniture – The Dr S Y Yip Collection

7 October, New York

16 Images of Enlightenment: Devotional Works of Art Exhibition 11–15 September Auction 16 September New York

A Great Bordeaux Cellar Auction 16 September London

19 Saturday at Sotheby’s: Asian Art Exhibition 11–19 September Auction 19 September New York

7 RM Sotheby’s: Battersea Evolution Exhibition 6–7 September Auction 7 September, London

15 Selling Exhibition

Cherchez la femme: Women and Surrealism Exhibition 15 September– 17 October, New York

Important Chinese Art Exhibition 11–16 September Auction 15–16 September New York

Monochrome Exhibition 11–14 September Auction 15 September New York

17 Fine Classical Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy Exhibition 11–16 September Auction 17 September New York S|2 Selling Exhibition

Rock Style, Curated

by Tommy Hilfiger and Jeffrey Deitch Exhibition 17 September– 30 October, London

22 23 Watches

Exhibition 17–18, 20–21 September Auction 22 September London

S|2 Selling Exhibition

Icons: The Art of Appropriation Exhibition 23 September– 16 October, New York

(Above) PENG WEI A Memorable Day, 2015 Price upon request Two Generations: Ink Art By Peng Xiancheng & Peng Wei

16–29 October, Hong Kong (Left) COLLECTION OF MARIE-CLAUDE JALLU MOUGINS A monumental and extremely rare lacquered bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara Dali Kingdom, 13th century HK$18,000,000–25,000,000 Vajrayana

7 October, Hong Kong

26 A Magnificent Selection from the Exceptional Cellar of James H Clark, Part II

25 Important Jewels Exhibition 19–24 September Auction 24–25 September New York

Finest and Rarest Wines Auction 25–26 September New York

Auction 26 September New York

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18 karat two-colour gold, sapphire and diamond pendantnecklace, Buccellati $15,000–20,000 Important Jewels

24–25 September, New York

Contemporary Curated

Sotheby’s | Stack’s Bowers Galleries

The D Brent Pogue Collection, Masterpieces of United States Coinage: Part II Exhibition 26–29 September Auction 30 September New York

Made in Britain (Above) BARRY FLANAGAN Hare and Bell, 1981 $150,000–200,000 Contemporary Curated

29 September, New York (Below) LIN FENGMIAN Lotus Pond Price upon request Fine Chinese Paintings

6 October, Hong Kong

Exhibition 24–25, 27–29 September Auction 30 September London

Exploration and Discovery, 1576–1939: The Library of Franklin BrookeHitching, Part 4, Q–Z Exhibition 25, 27–29 September Auction 30 September London

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Age of Elegance Exhibition 2–7 October Hong Kong

Sotheby’s Diamonds Exhibition 2–7 October Hong Kong

Exhibition 24–28 September Auction 29 September New York

Rock and Pop Exhibition 24–25, 27–28 September Auction 29 September London

Prints & Multiples Exhibition 24–25, 27–28 September Auction 29 September London

A Collection for History: Important Paintings, Drawings, Furniture & Historic Objects from the French Royal Family Exhibition 18–19, 21–26, 28 September Auction 29–30 September Paris

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The Rarities Auction Exhibition 26–30 September Auction 1 October, New York

Carpets and Textiles from Distinguished Collections Exhibition 25–30 September Auction 1 October, New York

3 The Classic Cellar Auction 3 October Hong Kong

The Contemporary Cellar Auction 3 October Hong Kong

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Fine Classical Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy Contemporary Ink Art (Above) Pair of no-oil Colombian emerald and G colour VS2 clarity diamond ear clips, Cartier, 1987 HK$8,500,000–10,500,000 Magnificent Jewels & Jadeite

7 October, Hong Kong (Below) A fine and rare blue and white doublegourd vase, seal mark and period of Qianlong HK$20,000,000– 25,000,000 Important Chinese Works of Art

7 October, New York

Contemporary Asian Art Modern & Contemporary Southeast Asian Art Modern Asian Art Full Circle – Yoshihara Jiro Collection

7 Photographs Exhibition 2–6 October Auction 7 October New York

Arts of the Islamic World, including Art of Imperial India Exhibition 2–6 October Auction 7 October London The following Hong Kong auctions will be held on 7 October, with pre-sale exhibitions from 2–7 October.

important chinese works of art ming furniture – the dr s y yip collection Vajrayana Imperial interiors imperial consort magnificent jewels & Jadeite

14 Collections: Silver, Vertu & Russian Works of Art Exhibition 9–13 October Auction 14 October New York

4 Modern & Contemporary Asian Art Evening Exhibition 2–4 October Auction 4 October Hong Kong

Important Ju Ming Collection from Mr Chang Tsong-Zung Exhibition 2–4 October Auction 4 October Hong Kong

Finest & Rarest Wines Auction 4 October Hong Kong

6 Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art Exhibition 2–5 October Auction 6 October London

The Sven Gahlin Collection Exhibition 2–5 October Auction 6 October London

Fine Chinese Paintings Exhibition 2–5 October Auction 6 October Hong Kong

Important Watches Exhibition 2–5 October Auction 6 October Hong Kong

8 RM Sotheby’s: Hershey Exhibition 8–9 October Auction 8–9 October Hershey, Pennsylvania

Palladio ’70 Exhibition 3, 5–7 October Auction 8 October Paris

An important Fabergé silver table lamp, workmaster Julius Rappoport, St. Petersburg, circa 1895 $120,000–180,000 Collections: Silver, Vertu & Russian Works of Art

14 October, New York

15 16 Contemporary Art Day Exhibition 7–15 October Auction 16 October London S|2 Selling Exhibition

Two Generations: Ink Art by Peng Xiancheng & Peng Wei Exhibition 16–29 October, Hong Kong

17 (Above) Pink Diamond Flower Brooch Price upon request Sotheby’s Diamonds

2–7 October, Hong Kong (Right) François Linke A gilt bronzemounted kingwood, satiné and bois de bout floral marquetry table à écrire, Paris, early 20th century $40,000–60,000 Property from a Distinguished Private Asian Collection

15 October, New York

Château Margaux 1900–2010: Direct From The Cellars: A Celebration of the Mentzelopoulos Era Auction 17 October New York

21 Finest and Rarest Wines Auction 21 October London

Irish Art Exhibition 18–21 October Auction 21 October London

24 Comics Exhibition 21–23 October Auction 24 October Paris

Property from a Distinguished Private Asian Collection Exhibition 9–14 October Auction 15 October New York

19th Century Furniture and Decorative Arts Exhibition 9–14 October Auction 15 October New York

Contemporary Art Evening Exhibition 7–15 October Auction 15 October London

The Italian Sale Exhibition 10–15 October Auction 15 October, London

From The Library Of Stéphane Mallarmé Exhibition 10, 12–14 October Auction 15 October Paris

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22 Collections: Important European Decorative Art Exhibition 16–21 October Auction 22 October, New York

The Orientalist Sale Exhibition 17, 19–21 October Auction 22 October, Paris

27 Old Master & british Paintings

A selection of wines to be offered The Classic Cellar from a Prestigious Collection

3 October, Hong Kong

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Exhibition 22–23, 25–26 October Auction 27 October London

Collections Exhibition 22–23, 25–26 October Auction 27 October London

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Entertainer’s Paradise in Calabasas Exceptional 7,000 sq. ft., 5-bedroom/7-bath home in The Oaks’ most sought after cul-de-sac location. Showcasing grand scale with vaulted ceilings, the spacious floor plan includes media room, courtyard and wine cellar. A chef’s kitchen with massive center island, granite countertops & breakfast nook complete the space.

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Quintessential California Mediterranean Stunning Mediterranean nestled in the private guard-gated community of Indian Falls. Occupying a 1 acre park-like lot, behind its very own private gates. Spanning over 6,100 square feet, this custom home features soaring ceilings and open concept space. An expansive well-appointed kitchen, glittering pool, outdoor cooking center, gazebo, koi pond, putting green, driving range and north/ south lighted tennis court. This home personifies the Southern California lifestyle.

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$2,570,000

CHATSWORTH CALIFORNIA

Zaltana Gardens Renowned guard-gated Indian Springs. The beauty of the grounds cannot be overstated. Experience the meandering paths, koi ponds, grassy lawn, covered patios, lagoon style beach entry pool and cascading waterfalls. Unique garden views greet your entry beneath soaring beamed ceilings and tiled floors. Hand distressed hardwood planks flow through the living room, library, and formal dining room. Main level features updated kitchen, family room with fireplace, movie theater, ancillary bedrooms and a gym. Upper level houses the master retreat and second additional bedroom suite. Must see to fully appreciate the quantity and quality of every aspect of this beautiful home.

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$6,499,000

WESTLAKE VILLAGE / THOUSAND OAKS CALIFORNIA

Available Fall of 2016 Stunning Italian dream home, on more than two acres in prestigious Sherwood Country Club Estates in Westlake Village. Elevated to capture the incredible views of Lake Sherwood and surrounding mountains.

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WESTLAKE VILLAGE CALIFORNIA

Country Club Estates Single story custom home in guard-gated Country Club Estates. Panoramic views of mountains and North Ranch golf course. Lush landscaping, shimmering infinity pool, patios and outdoor fireplace. Generous rooms, detailed woodwork and coffered ceilings with custom moldings.

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Brick Georgian Colonial Sherwood Country Club estate with sensational views. Located above the 1st fairway, this two-story, brick Colonial features 6 bedrooms and 6.5 baths with private guest quarters above the parking garage. One of the finest lots available in the guard-gated Sherwood Country Club community.

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Spanish-Style Oasis This timeless Spanish estate conveys casual elegance with an abundance of loggias, terraces & beautiful gardens. With two useable acres at the end of a cul-de-sac, the grounds offer Baja-style pool with built-in bar, cabana with fireplace & outdoor shower.

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CALABASAS CALIFORNIA

Resort Living at Home Welcoming entry accented with travertine floors and sweeping stairway. Expansive entertainer’s floor plan features chef’s kitchen & bonus room, professional bar with beer keg and direct access to pool and yard.

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CALABASAS CALIFORNIA

Spanish Hacienda Tranquil single-story retreat in the guard-gated community of The Oaks of Calabasas. This bright and spacious 5-bedroom, 6-bath home blends the open feel of a contemporary house with the warmth of a Spanish hacienda. Made for entertaining with volume ceilings, open-plan living and dining, kitchen and magnificent great room. Master suite and luxurious bath, bonus room and 4 additional ensuite bedrooms. The yard is complete with pool, spa, fire pit, BBQ center with countertop dining, outdoor shower and tranquil views of rolling hills.

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$3,275,000

HIDDEN HILLS CALIFORNIA

French Country Estate 1.2 acres of mature trees and foliage frame the circular driveway.

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CALABASAS CALIFORNIA

Tennis Anyone?

Mediterranean in the guard-gated community of Mountain View Estates.

Exterior features include circular driveway, three-car garage, two pavilions, mature trees, saltwater pool/spa, waterfall, built-in BBQ with granite counters and seating, plus a lighted tournament size tennis court.

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WESTLAKE VILLAGE / THOUSAND OAKS CALIFORNIA

Hamptons-Style Colonial Estate Highly motivated sellers have reduced this custom Sherwood Country Club Cape Cod below market, creating an incredible value. This Edward Carlson designed home, built by Tyler Development, has amazing views overlooking the 16th fairway of the Jack Nicklaus Lake Sherwood golf course. The architecture boasts exquisite molding, millwork, custom wainscoting, designer window coverings, and hand-hewn wood floors. With French doors and volume ceilings, the bright spacious interior offers an amazing floorplan. Amenities include a grand foyer spiral staircase and elevator.

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$4,995,000

WESTLAKE VILLAGE / THOUSAND OAKS CALIFORNIA

Stunning Cape Cod Captivating New England style home offering incomparable craftsmanship and impeccable attention to detail. Overlooking the 16th fairway of the Jack Nicklaus designed golf course at Sherwood Country Club. Step out onto the charming wrap-around verandah and be immersed in peaceful tranquility.

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$5,495,000

LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA

Spanish with Old World Charm 1930’s Spanish with Old World charm located on a cul-de-sac with downtown and canyon views. 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 4,220 square feet, light filled living room with beam ceilings, library/den with bar, breakfast room, 3 fireplaces, pool, spa and original detailing throughout.

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$2,850,000

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WESTLAKE VILLAGE / THOUSAND OAKS CALIFORNIA

Sherwood Masterpiece Model of perfection. Securely gated, hilltop property with the highest altitude of any other Sherwood lot. Located in the exclusive community of Sherwood Country Estates offering incredible 360 degree views of the lake, country club golf course and surrounded by Santa Monica Mountains. Only one year new, built with impeccable quality inside and out, using only the finest materials, craftsmanship, and decorator touches. The ideal floor plan showcases breathtaking views from nearly every window.

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$12,995,000

CHATSWORTH CALIFORNIA

Ronald Firestone Designed 10,000+ square foot estate in guard-gated Indian Springs, designed by Ronald G. Firestone. Main level features grand formal entry with double bridle staircase, chandeliers, wood-paneled library, enormous kitchen, formal dining room, family room and maid’s quarters. Two-story guest house.

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$3,395,000

CHATSWORTH CALIFORNIA

Open Concept Architectural Privately gated home in the prestigious community of Indian Springs Estates features soaring ceilings and an open floor plan perfect for entertaining. Main level includes 2 guest suites, maid’s quarters, office, open concept kitchen, glass mosaic tiled bar and a 480 bottle wine closet.

EWINGSIR.COM MLS# SR15112130 EWING & ASSOCIATES SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY +1 800 631 0670 www.22616Zaltana.com

$2,795,000

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WESTLAKE VILLAGE / THOUSAND OAKS CALIFORNIA

Brookfield Farms Brookfield Farms is an exceptional offering nestled on nearly 60 acres in the exclusive Hidden Valley equestrian community of Westlake Village. Shady groves, a tranquil lake and white picket fences direct you to a picturesque farmhouse. Dormer windows and a wrap-around porch are emblematic of the lifestyle components one will experience in this sophisticated country home and the four surrounding private guest cottages. Luxury facilities include shimmering pool, children’s playhouse, zip lines, ranch shop, 4 stall barn, riding ring and pastures and a lake with fish house.

There are organic gardens, a greenhouse, rose gardens, creeks and bridges. An inspiring home for the discriminating buyer in search of a unique lifestyle.

EWINGSIR.COM MLS# 214035546 EWING & ASSOCIATES SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY +1 800 631 0670 www.1464HiddenValleyRoad.com

$24,500,000

TOPANGA CALIFORNIA

Romantic Spanish Mediterranean Private gated, set on nearly 7 acres in scenic Topanga Canyon. This masterpiece boasts heavy European masonry construction. Soaring ceilings, spacious master retreat, chef’s kitchen, media/library room, wine cellar, exercise/yoga room with sauna. Guest house and motor court.

EWINGSIR.COM MLS# SR15078092 EWING & ASSOCIATES SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY +1 800 631 0670 www.EwingSIR.com

$2,790,000

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE CALIFORNIA

Designer Spanish Hacienda Spanish hacienda offering approximately 5,900 sq. ft. of unmatched luxury.

Designer details include vaulted ceilings, Walker Zanger tile, walnut floors, mosaic accents, limestone and intricate wood detailing. The grand entry leads to the living room with French doors leading to the backyard/deck.

EWINGSIR.COM MLS# SR15068871 EWING & ASSOCIATES SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY +1 800 631 0670 www.EwingSIR.com

$3,465,000

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ANATOMY OF AN ARTWORK

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WARHOL ROCKS Andy Warhol designed his first record cover shortly after he moved to New York in 1949.

During this time, he worked as a successful commercial illustrator for such magazines as Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. Later, when his output was dominated by silkscreen prints and depictions of celebrities, the artist continued to design record covers for music legends, including Thelonius Monk, John Cale, John Lennon and Debbie Harry.

This collection spans Warhol’s career as both a designer and an artist and includes an example of each sleeve he created from 1948 until his death in 1987. Each cover marks

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a step in his artistic development, from the signature “blotted-line” technique of his early work to his famed Pop art creations.

Andy Warhol Highlights from a collection of records featuring the designs of Andy Warhol, 1949–1990

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Omitting the band or album title, Warhol presented this unforgettable cover as an autonomous work of art.

The yellow banana could be peeled away to reveal a suggestive pink interior.

3. Count Basie Recognised as Warhol’s first “celebrity portrait,” this cover was one of the earliest to feature an image of the musician on the sleeve. The photograph of the Count, from which Warhol worked, appears on the reverse.

4. A Program of Mexican Music The Museum of Modern Art commissioned Warhol’s first sleeve design, influenced by illustrations of dancing Aztec figures. An early use of his “blotted-line” technique foretold his later use of silkscreens.

5. Sticky Fingers Mick Jagger wrote to Warhol in April 1969 asking him to create a cover for the new Rolling Stones album, leaving all aspects in his “capable hands.” The revolutionary design features an actual working zipper.

photographs by Colin Beale

Warhol screen printed these sleeves for an exhibition at the Washington Gallery of Modern Art. This example is signed by Billy Klüver, who interviewed the artists in the show for the album.

2. The Velvet Underground

© 2015 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Rock and Pop London Exhibition: 24–25, 27–28 September Auction: 29 September Enquiries: +44 (0)20 7293 5296

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1. G iant Size $1.57 Each

£30,000–50,000

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Sotheby’s Art & Home

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