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Fashion & art come together at Christie's London in June
05 Jun '07
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Fashion and art come together at Christie's London with Works From The Ernesto Esposito Collection which will be offered in the sales of Post-War and Contemporary Art on 20 and 21 June 2007. A world renowned art collector and a visionary shoe designer who has worked with the fashion houses of Marc Jacobs, Chloe and Louis Vuitton, Mr Esposito was a close personal friend of Andy Warhol and the last person to be painted by the artist.
Comprising 12 works spanning five decades from the 1960s to the present day, the selection includes well-known artists such as Andy Warhol, Peter Doig, Keith Haring and Mel Ramos and is expected to realise in excess of £4 million.
“We are delighted to have been entrusted with a selection of works from such an important collection. Contemporary Art provides Ernesto Esposito with a source of much inspiration and over the past thirty years his discerning eye has seen him thoughtfully assemble one of the finest contemporary art collections in Europe,” says Pilar Ordovas, Head of Post War & Contemporary Art at Christie's London.
Working from the backstage of the most prestigious fashion houses, Italian-born Ernesto Esposito commenced his career as a shoe designer in the 1970s for one of the most prestigious shoe makers in the world, Sergio Rossi, with whom he worked together for more than 15 years. In the 1980s, Mr Esposito joined the team of the young Marc Jacobs where he collaborated for nearly ten years and he has since worked with Chloe, Sonia Rykiel and Louis Vuitton.
Leading the selection of five works from Works From The Ernesto Esposito Collection offered in Christie's Post War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 20 June 2007 is Andy Warhol's (1928-1987), Vesuvius, 1985 (estimate: £1,000,000-1,500,000).
Living in Naples, Italy with Mount Vesuvius nearby, the work is a fitting testament to the close personal friendship Mr Esposito had with Andy Warhol. Warhol was drawn to the denigrated products of consumer society and his Pop work Campbell's tomato juice box, 1964 (estimate: £150,000-200,000) saw him offend the sensibilities of an audience accustomed to thinking of art as an intimate medium for conveying emotion.
Comprising 12 works spanning five decades from the 1960s to the present day, the selection includes well-known artists such as Andy Warhol, Peter Doig, Keith Haring and Mel Ramos and is expected to realise in excess of £4 million.
“We are delighted to have been entrusted with a selection of works from such an important collection. Contemporary Art provides Ernesto Esposito with a source of much inspiration and over the past thirty years his discerning eye has seen him thoughtfully assemble one of the finest contemporary art collections in Europe,” says Pilar Ordovas, Head of Post War & Contemporary Art at Christie's London.
Working from the backstage of the most prestigious fashion houses, Italian-born Ernesto Esposito commenced his career as a shoe designer in the 1970s for one of the most prestigious shoe makers in the world, Sergio Rossi, with whom he worked together for more than 15 years. In the 1980s, Mr Esposito joined the team of the young Marc Jacobs where he collaborated for nearly ten years and he has since worked with Chloe, Sonia Rykiel and Louis Vuitton.
Leading the selection of five works from Works From The Ernesto Esposito Collection offered in Christie's Post War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 20 June 2007 is Andy Warhol's (1928-1987), Vesuvius, 1985 (estimate: £1,000,000-1,500,000).
Living in Naples, Italy with Mount Vesuvius nearby, the work is a fitting testament to the close personal friendship Mr Esposito had with Andy Warhol. Warhol was drawn to the denigrated products of consumer society and his Pop work Campbell's tomato juice box, 1964 (estimate: £150,000-200,000) saw him offend the sensibilities of an audience accustomed to thinking of art as an intimate medium for conveying emotion.
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