The art and luxury goods worlds frequently find themselves meeting and mixing. Last Wednesday night was no exception as revelers attended a Gucci and Christie's private party hosted by Lydia Fenet, Dr. Lisa Airan, Blair Husain, Maggie Betts, Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, and Sara Friedlander. Partygoers previewed select artworks from the upcoming Christie's First Open sale, which were strategically placed among the Gucci spring collection at the Madison Avenue store.
Christie's First Open sale is a mid-season auction often filled with hidden gems -- quality works at a lower price point than the majority of works in the evening auctions. You can find prints and drawings by blue chip artists and unique works by up-and-coming artists.
My favorite of the works displayed that evening was a small work on paper by the Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara:
Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959)
Untitled
Graphite and acrylic on paper
11 1/2 x 9 in. (29.2 x 22.9 cm.)
Painted in 1997.
Provenance:
Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles
Image & Details Courtesy of Christie's
Stay posted for the Christie's First Open catalogue, which will surely reveal many more of these little treasures that go on the auction block March 10.