posted on: October 19, 2020
She also donated numerous paintings to museums as her collecting evolved. There’s one at the Met, one at the Getty—but not many, and certainly not one that’s secular like this. Ranchi, Before he was Mike D of the Beastie Boys, Michael Diamond was best known as the son of Harold and Hester Diamond. (Newman was not a tall man; the tricycle belonged to Diamond’s brother.). She didn’t care about the name of the artist, she cared about the beauty of the object—and that’s just something that’s a fact.”, “One thing I loved later in life was going to museum and art exhibitions of all kinds with my mom,” he says.
She had submitted the bids while in a treatment facility in Germany. Copyright © HT Media Limited All rights reserved. The lead lot of the sale is Autumn, a sculpture by baroque artists Pietro and Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
“I think it almost seems like a cliche, where this woman’s husband dies and she immediately goes from contemporary to Renaissance and old masters,” he continues. Simultaneously, she sold off the antique furniture in her sprawling Central Park West apartment and bought “really bright contemporary furniture,” Diamond says. You have this incredible collection, why would you ever switch it up?’ ”. “It made it seem like, of course I’m in a band with these kids I grew up with, and we want to make rap music because that’s all we listen to. He recalls when a pair of sculptures went to auction in Paris last year, Hester had already been diagnosed with cancer. Then of course, we can do that, too.”. And some of them are relatively valuable; we’re going to have about 10 of them in the live sale.”. Hester, for her part, devoted nearly 40 years to old masters, even as she crisscrossed the globe attending avant-garde art music recitals, attending Wagner’s Ring cycles, and meeting artists young and old. Despite the current uncertainty of the art market—such factors as the forthcoming presidential election could impact buyer sentiment—Wachter says he’s confident that the sale will be a success. “This is a great collection. “It’s just trying to capture her vibe—what she loved and cared about,” says Wachter. Also included in the sale is a selection of Beastie Boys memorabilia from her collection. “I feel like this is a whole different ballgame,” he says. Among other endeavors, she was the founding president of the Medici Archive Project, a research institution dedicated to studying the 200-year epistolary collection of the Medici grand dukes.
But his mother had “this complete faith in her own point of view, and [that guided] her collecting with complete fearlessness,” he says. , Chandigarh , Dehradun, Soon, Harold started as a dealer and quickly acquired a series of deep-pocketed clients, including J. Seward Johnson, one of the heirs to the Johnson & Johnson fortune. Yet the siren song of St. Marks Place was too loud for the teenage Diamond to ignore. “I discovered she was the underbidder for them in Paris, for $1.9 million,” Wachter says, meaning that she’d bid for them at auction but didn’t win. She had never seen these sculptures, but she loved them and decided on her own, unprompted, to buy them.”. Other major works include a triptych by the Flemish master Pieter Coecke van Aelst from about 1520, which carries an estimate of $2.5 million to $3.5 million, and two large paintings by Italian Renaissance painter Dosso Dossi, which had been painted for Alfonso I, duke of Ferrara, in the early 1500s. Still, Diamond says that his parent’s lives affected his professional trajectory. “Quite a number of the Rothkos that are sold at Sotheby’s today at some point went through my parents.”, After Diamond’s father died in 1982, his mother “didn’t want to continue collecting contemporary pictures,” he says, and pivoted to buying old masters. Among other endeavors, she was the founding president of the Medici Archive Project, a research institution dedicated to studying the 200-year epistolary collection of the Medici grand dukes. They started out as a punk band, but they found their calling with hip-hop music. Other major works include a triptych by the Flemish master Pieter Coecke van Aelst from about 1520, which carries an estimate of $2.5 million to $3.5 million, and two large paintings by Italian Renaissance painter Dosso Dossi, which had been painted for Alfonso I, duke of Ferrara, in the early 1500s. October 16, 2020, 1:25 AM PDT Before he was Mike D of the Beastie Boys, Michael Diamond was best known as the son of Harold and Hester Diamond. A 1987 portrait of Mike D (born Michael Diamond), of the Beastie Boys. Still, Diamond says that his parent’s lives affected his professional trajectory. She had never seen these sculptures, but she loved them and decided on her own, unprompted, to buy them.”. “We were all quite taken aback when all of a sudden she announced she was switching tacks completely.”. She was not interested in wasting her time.”, (This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. “This is a great collection. Yet the siren song of St. Marks Place was too loud for the teenage Diamond to ignore. And some of them are relatively valuable; we’re going to have about 10 of them in the live sale.”.
Apart from a massive collection of art books, “at a certain point, she also got absolutely riveted by minerals,” Wachter says. “I don’t think there are many [sculptures by Bernini] in America altogether. Despite the current uncertainty of the art market—such factors as the forthcoming presidential election could impact buyer sentiment—Wachter says he’s confident that the sale will be a success.
I was practically a nervous wreck for two weeks when I was waiting for [her family] to decide who [they were] going to give it to [to sell. “She was not a dip-her-toe-in-the-water kind of person; it was sink or swim for her.”, There was no lag, he continues, between her initial excitement about old masters and “her literally diving in and learning all she could learn, whether it was going to museums or talking to academics.
“These rocks are really colourful, and she has about 100 of them. She’d collect and continue to refine and upgrade her collection as she went along.”. “If we’d see something she was less than captivated by, she could speed walk through a major art museum like no one you’d ever seen. Harold was a school teacher before he became an art dealer; Hester began as a social worker. Harold and Hester Diamond started out modestly. “The juxtaposition of styles of furniture and paintings and sculpture is honestly, very striking,” Diamond says. “These rocks are really colorful, and she has about 100 of them. Indore, Michael Louis Diamond (born November 20, 1965), better known as Mike D, is an American rapper and founding member of the hip hop group the Beastie Boys. “Even though it seemed relatively cool to be in an apartment with Rothkos on the wall—and Barnett Newman riding a tricycle around the apartment—being a punk-rock kid, I couldn’t wait to get downtown.
“Even though it seemed relatively cool to be in an apartment with Rothkos on the wall—and Barnett Newman riding a tricycle around the apartment—being a punk-rock kid, I couldn’t wait to get downtown. It’s an amazing thing to have.”. That was really, really important,” Diamond says. “My mom was a practitioner of what I would call ‘the immersion practice,’” Diamond says. “My mom was a practitioner of what I would call ‘the immersion practice,’” Diamond says. By February, 50% of Indians may have had coronavirus: Govt panel estimates, India sends Australia a Malabar invite that will give Quad a huge upgrade, IPL 2020 Live Score: CSK post 125/5 against RR in Abu Dhabi, Global pandemic made us realise importance of teamwork, says PM Modi, Chinese soldier apprehended in Ladakh’s Demchok sector, in army custody, ‘Farooq Abdullah kept at ED office for 5 hours despite his age’: People’s Alliance attacks Centre, Pak readies plan to sabotage J&K telecom blackout with new mobile towers, ‘Solutions available, political will lacking’: Kejriwal on stubble burning, Kajol was once asked what she would do if Aryan were to elope with Nysa, Kapil Sharma finally responds to Mukesh Khanna’s attack on his show, Umpire sports ‘Rockstar’ hairdo, Twitter goes berserk with comparisons, Bigg Boss 14 promos: Sidharth Shukla gets the power to decide on evictions, Chirag Paswan’s LJP vision document on October 21, promises Sita temple, India likely to let buyers decide on Air India debt, News updates from Hindustan Times: ‘CAA delayed due to Covid-19, will be implemented soon’, says BJP chief JP Nadda and all the latest news, Centre reviews Assam, Mizoram border situation after clashes, Malabar exercise will help Australia and partners uphold regional stability: Marise Payne.
“I discovered she was the underbidder for them in Paris, for $1.9 million,” Wachter says, meaning that she’d bid for them at auction but didn’t win. “I think the biggest gift I grew up with in that apartment in the El Dorado was that my opinion mattered. “It’s just trying to capture her vibe—what she loved and cared about,” says Wachter. Jaipur, “When I was born, my dad was starting to do much better in his business,” Diamond says, “and so I had this incredible childhood where I was able to grow up around really amazing modernist pictures, because my dad dealt at home.”.
Before it's here, it's on the Bloomberg Terminal. Before he was Mike D of the Beastie Boys, Michael Diamond was best known as the son of Harold and Hester Diamond. Those carry an estimate of $3 million to $5 million. The estate of Hester Diamond, a longtime dealer, collector, and patron, will go on sale with Sotheby’s in January. Before he was Mike D of the Beastie Boys, Michael Diamond was best known as the son of Harold and Hester Diamond. Delhi, Mumbai,
It all seemed pretty square,” he says. Kolkata, Noida, Gurgaon, “My mom and dad were completely integrated into the New York City contemporary art world before I was born,” says Diamond of his dealer-collector parents. He recalls when a pair of sculptures went to auction in Paris last year, Hester had already been diagnosed with cancer. “When I was born, my dad was starting to do much better in his business,” Diamond says, “and so I had this incredible childhood where I was able to grow up around really amazing modernist pictures, because my dad dealt at home.”. She also donated numerous paintings to museums as her collecting evolved. There’s one at the Met, one at the Getty—but not many, and certainly not one that’s secular like this. Hester Diamond's apartment, overlooking Central Park West. What Is Luxury? She sold the modern art and started to buy old art. A Major New Exhibition Offers an Answer, Memorials Have Never Been More Controversial. ]” The collection, he continues, “is a really special group. “She was three to four months from dying, but she had a hunger—she was fearless. “It made it seem like, of course I’m in a band with these kids I grew up with, and we want to make rap music because that’s all we listen to. Estimated to draw from $8 million to $12 million, the work is “jaw-dropping,” Wachter says. She sold the modern art and started to buy old art. This passion continued “really, until the end of her life,” says George Wachter, co-chairman of old master paintings worldwide at Sotheby’s. “I don’t think there are many [sculptures by Bernini] in America altogether. Hester Diamond's dining room in New York.
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