The auction house Phillips exhibited fifteen objects from the personal collection of the English musician Sting and his wife, actress Trudie Styler - the work of Piero Fornasetti, Serge Roche and Shiro Kuramata. Bidding will be held June 6 in New York.
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Among the top lots of the string are the 32-panel Piero Fornasetti screen "The Metaphysical Room" and the Yingha Sting's own grand piano. Both items were previously located in a New York star apartment in the building of 15 Central Park West.
Angelo Leli. Chandelier with twelve rays Estimate: 18-24 thousand dollars“In addition to outstanding professional achievement and support for philanthropic projects, Sting and Trudy Styler are recognized collectors of art and design,” comments Cordelia Lembo, director of design at Phillips. - At the June auction, we will offer an impressive selection of objects of Italian, French and Scandinavian design of the twentieth century from the New York apartment pair. These works are a real creative collaboration between Sting and Trudie Styler and the architects of Shelton Mindel. ”
Sting says so about his treasures: “The design items put up for auction by Phillips were chosen with the assistance of architect Lee Mindel and played an important role by turning our New York apartment into a home that truly reflects our tastes. We lived with them with great pleasure and are happy to share this with other collectors, whom we hope they will inspire no less than us. ”
La Stanza Metafisica Piero Fornasetti in Sting’s apartment.Phillips presents one of the genuine masterpieces of Piero Fornasetti - the Metaphysical Room screen (Italian: La Stanza Metafisica). Fornasetti conceived thirty-two panels for facing the room, which would create a meditative atmosphere and could travel with the owner.
Piero Fornasetti. Metaphysical room. Estimate: 200 - 300 thousand dollars“Fornasetti’s acquisition of the Metaphysical Room was a happy coincidence,” says Mindell. “In the sense that Sting and Trudy’s apartment overlooking Central Park on one side and Hudson on the other allowed extending the panels along the entire length and turning them into additional windows that opened another view to the surreal world.
Fragment of interiors of Sting's apartment in Manhattan.