David Bowie’s personal art collection will be offered this November by Sotheby’s auction house as a three-part sale encompassing some 400 items. At the heart of the collection is a remarkable group of more than 200 works by many of the most important British artists of the 20th Century, including Frank Auerbach, Damien Hirst, Henry Moore and Graham Sutherland.
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David Bowies Personal Art Collection At Sothebys
“Eclectic, unscripted, understated: David Bowie’s collection offers a unique insight into the personal world of one of the 20th century’s greatest creative spirits,” Oliver Barker, Sotheby’s Europe chairman, said in a statement.
Bowie’s famously inquisitive mind also led him to collect Outsider Art, Surrealism and Contemporary African art, as well as pieces by eccentric Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and the Memphis group.
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David Bowies Personal Art Collection At Sothebys
Bowie’s diverse tastes nurtured his extensive archive of important works from celebrated, and less widely-known, artists in a collection of uparalleled eclecticism.
“Bowie/Collector” will be exhibited at Sotheby’s galleries in London in early November. Before that, the auction house will hold previews around the world.
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David Bowies Personal Art Collection At Sothebys