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January 11, 2025
Greater than 20 drawings of nudes made by late French style icon Yves Saint Laurent are to be bought by public sale in Paris this month, Sotheby’s stated.
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Different artwork works collected by Saint Laurent, who died in 2008, and his accomplice Pierre Berge, who handed away in 2017, are additionally to be bought.
The sale, entitled “Yves Saint Laurent – Pierre Berge: an intimate collection” might be held from January 21 till January 30 through the Paris males’s style week reveals.
These drawings “combine precise anatomical details and lascivious poetry… which allow us to delve into the inner world of Yves Saint Laurent,” Sotheby’s stated in a press assertion.
“It is the first time that such a collection has been put up for auction,” stated Sotheby’s France vp Florent Jeanniard.
All of the drawings have been licensed by the Yves Saint Laurent – Authentification committee that was arrange as a watchdog for his private artwork, Jeanniard advised AFP.
The sale can even embody works collected by Saint Laurent and Berge and pictures taken by Andy Warhol, Helmut Newton, Alice Springs and Martine Barrat.
A number of Polaroid portraits by Warhol, together with considered one of Berge, are within the sale. All of the works might be proven at Sotheby’s Paris workplace through the on-line sale.
