Within the monetary fortune left after David Bowie died last January 10, 2016, it is an important collection of paintings valued at $ 13.2 million and will be auctioned. The event will be held between 10 and 11 November by the auction house Sotheby's, who will be in charge of organizing the sale of the personal art collection of David Bowie. All money raised will go to the artist's family.
There are about 400 pieces of modern and contemporary art will be exhibited in important galleries in London, Los Angeles, New York and Hong Kong. The collection consists of works by British artists of the twentieth century as Damien Hirst, Frank Auerbach, Graham Sutherland, Henry Moore, Stanley Spencer, Patrick Caulfield and Peter Lanyon. Besides the French Marcel Duchamp. The auction also includes pieces of contemporary African art, outsider art and surrealism.
One of the most important pieces is the "Air Power" (1984) picture of New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, who achieved fame after his death from an overdose in 1988 at age 27. The value of this work has been estimated between 3.4 and 4.7 million. Bowie bought this painting, one year after starring in the film "Basquiat" (1996), in which he played the pop art artist Andy Warhol.
The auction will be divided into three parts: two of them related to modern and contemporary art, and a third focused on pieces of Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and the Memphis Group.
It was learned that David Bowie began buying works of art in the decade of the nineties, already a world figure. During those years he was on the editorial board of the magazine Modern Painters and was related to Balthus, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons or Tracey Emin, which was responsible for giving advice to his own growth as a visual artist.
Bowie studied at the School of Art in Croydon, forming in the field of drawing and painting. "Somehow, work on a blank surface helped me solve my music doubts." White Duke had the opportunity to present their pieces in 1995, at a gallery in Cork Street, which was the center of the art business in London.
