sotheby’s is having an auction of impressionist & modern art on 22 june. thought i’d pick out my favourites and see what they’re going for…
henri matisse – oudalisques jouant aux dames : £10,000,000 – £15,000,000
andré derain – arbres a collioure : £9,000,000 – £14,000,000
edouard manet - bouquet de pivoines : £4,000,000 – £6,000,000
egon schiele - portrait of eva freund : £250,000 – £350,000
as i type this it’s 6.4°C outside (and i’m cursing myself for leaving my fingerless gloves at home). i visited one of my best friends the other day and her gran had left her a genuine fur coat in her will (i think it was… leopard? it was some kind of hectic big cat fur). i tried it on and even though it was lovely and warm i felt really, really wrong wearing it and had to take it off after not even a minute. perhaps if i lived as an inuit wearing fur would be okay, but for now i will just admire how nice it looks and maybe look for a coat of the fake variety.
yale joel was an american photographer who started taking pictures at the age of 19. he was a combat photographer during WWII and eventually became a staff photographer at LIFE magazine. he died in 2006 at the age of 87
stuff i’m looking at right now.
background image: ‘white’ 1913
from left to right: coffee ; golden girls ; ginny’s octopus ; buttons & bunnies ; buddha
