Sotheby's To Sell Exceptional and Intimate Contemporary Artworks From the Collection of Renowned Supermodel Jerry Hall
LONDON, MONDAY, 6TH SEPTEMBER, 2010 --- Sotheby’s is delighted to announce that it will offer for sale a group of 14 outstanding and revealing Contemporary artworks from the Collection of Jerry Hall, the world-famous American supermodel and actress, in its forthcoming October 2010 Contemporary Art sales, which coincide with London’s Frieze Art Fair. The artworks, together estimated to realise in excess of £1.5 million, will be offered in Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction on Friday, 15 October and Contemporary Art Day Auction on Saturday, 16 October.
This exceptional collection reflects two chapters of Miss Hall’s extraordinary life and career: firstly at the forefront of the glamorousavant-garde in 1970s and 1980s New York and subsequently her family-oriented life in London, the adored city of Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach. Headlining the collection are Lucian Freud’s Eight Months Gone which he painted after meeting Jerry Hall at a dinner party, and Andy Warhol’s Dollar Sign which he gifted to Jerry Hall in recognition of her help with the production of his television show, Warhol TV. Works by Frank Auerbach, Robert Graham, Damien Hirst, David Bailey and R. B. Kitaj are also featured in the collection, alongside additional portraits of Jerry Hall by Ed Ruscha and Francesco Clemente.
