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Last Monday at 6:43 p.m., at the new auction headquarters of Phillips de Pury on Park Avenue in New York, auctioneer Simon de Pury dropped his hammer to signify the sale of lot 12, a lifelike, nude waxwork of former actress and supermodel Stephanie Seymour.
Designed to be mounted on the wall like a deer's head, it is titled Stephanie but the art world knows it as Trophy Wife. The piece turns the representation of Ms. Seymour into a literal trophy, her nude upper body arching from the wall, breasts covered discretely with hands.
The sculpture is one of four identical versions created by iconic Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. Its real human hair had been perfectly coiffed by celebrity New York stylist Frederic Fekkai. The catalogue gave a price range of US$1.5-to US$2.5-million. … read more »
Designed to be mounted on the wall like a deer's head, it is titled Stephanie but the art world knows it as Trophy Wife. The piece turns the representation of Ms. Seymour into a literal trophy, her nude upper body arching from the wall, breasts covered discretely with hands.
The sculpture is one of four identical versions created by iconic Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. Its real human hair had been perfectly coiffed by celebrity New York stylist Frederic Fekkai. The catalogue gave a price range of US$1.5-to US$2.5-million. … read more »
Stephanie is a cover model on the December issue of french Photo magazine. The nude portrait was taken by the great Richard Avedon in early 90s.
A racy nude portrait of supermodel Stephanie Seymour taken by the late, great Richard Avedon in 1992 is expected to fetch up to $210,000 at Sotheby's' Photographies sale in Paris on November 19. Part of a private European collection, the image will bolster the strength of the photography market if it achieves its price. Though most of the lots date from the early 1900s, the stunning sale also includes an Albert Watson portrait of Naomi Campbell from 1989 and a David LaChapelle portait of Andy Warhol from 1987 taken shortly before the artist's death, both estimated at up to $21,000; and a Herb Ritts portrait of Madonna from 1986, expected to fetch up to $10,000. Notable works by Irving Penn, Ansel Adams, Edward Weston and more round out the offerings.
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Stephanie is in Azzedine Alaïa Spring/Summer 2011 Show in Paris today.
Much thanks to Aviloca for this info.
Much thanks to Aviloca for this info.
In 2003, Interview magazine publisher and Greenwich polo king Peter Brant commissioned a statue by nutty Italian-American artist Maurizio Cattelan. The art piece was to be of his wife, Stephanie Seymour, and she would be nude clutching her breasts, jutting out like a figurehead on a boat. Cattelan agreed, and went to work on the statue. It is called "Stephanie," but it's better known by its wry nickname: "Trophy Wife."
Brant and Seymour have apparently reconciled their nasty, thievery-inducing breakup and are back to being happily betrothed. But this can't be too comforting for them: Gatecrasher reports that a picture of "Stephanie" will be gracing the cover of the Nov. 8 art sale catalogue "Carte Blanche" put out by the Phillips de Pury & Company. Cattelan made three casts of the statue — Brant still has the commissioned one — and a version is being put up for auction. … read more »
Brant and Seymour have apparently reconciled their nasty, thievery-inducing breakup and are back to being happily betrothed. But this can't be too comforting for them: Gatecrasher reports that a picture of "Stephanie" will be gracing the cover of the Nov. 8 art sale catalogue "Carte Blanche" put out by the Phillips de Pury & Company. Cattelan made three casts of the statue — Brant still has the commissioned one — and a version is being put up for auction. … read more »
The Stephanie Seymour-Peter Brant reconciliation came about Sunday at a secret meeting in the Hartford, Conn., offices of Connecticut divorce lawyer Anne Dranginis, who repped Seymour. "Judge Annie" -- a former Appellate Court judge from Litchfield -- had the battling Brants in for a peace making session. Before she started practicing law, Judge Dranginis -- who was also in volved in the messy dust-up between United Technologies chief George David and Swedish Countess Marie Douglas -- was often mentioned for a federal judgeship.
Source: nypost.com
Source: nypost.com
It's their money, and they can spend it as they please, but sometimes you just think . . . gosh. Even if I had a half a billion, I'd balk at that. The divorce-then-reconciliation story about supermodel Stephanie Seymour and her very rich husband revealed these details about their property:
(The) family would have been stuck dividing an awful lot of assets, as court records show. First is the couple’s Greenwich, Connecticut, home—estimated mortgage: $121,382 a month—a replica of Mount Vernon that features a giant horse farm, as well as a 43-foot-tall Jeff Koons topiary sculpture of a puppy that costs between $75,000 and $100,000 a year to maintain.
The picture on the left is a duplicate. Someone's paying a hundred grand to mow that thing, too. I suppose at a certain level of affluence, $100K per year for shrubbery maintenance is normal, but for that amount of scratch I'd want them to turn an acre of bushes into statues of everyone who's ever appeared on Star Trek, or something. … read more »
(The) family would have been stuck dividing an awful lot of assets, as court records show. First is the couple’s Greenwich, Connecticut, home—estimated mortgage: $121,382 a month—a replica of Mount Vernon that features a giant horse farm, as well as a 43-foot-tall Jeff Koons topiary sculpture of a puppy that costs between $75,000 and $100,000 a year to maintain.
The picture on the left is a duplicate. Someone's paying a hundred grand to mow that thing, too. I suppose at a certain level of affluence, $100K per year for shrubbery maintenance is normal, but for that amount of scratch I'd want them to turn an acre of bushes into statues of everyone who's ever appeared on Star Trek, or something. … read more »
IN 2006 when the market for contemporary art was red hot and dealers and collectors spent hours jockeying to be first in the door at Art Basel, the world's most important contemporary art fair, Philippe Ségalot could be seen hanging back, his manner calm and self-assured. That's because Mr. Ségalot, a private New York dealer, had pulled the stunt of all art-world stunts. He hired a Hollywood makeup artist to fly to Basel, Switzerland, and transform him into a balding nerd with Coke-bottle glasses. Then, using a fake exhibitor's pass with his new face on it, he sneaked past the phalanx of security guards and into the fair days before it opened, reserving the best artworks for his clients well ahead of anyone else.
Mr. Ségalot, 47, does not do things the way others do. Before becoming a private dealer, he ran the contemporary art department at Christie's, where he pioneered the sale of works by Jeff Koons and Maurizio Cattelan before they were art stars. … read more »
Mr. Ségalot, 47, does not do things the way others do. Before becoming a private dealer, he ran the contemporary art department at Christie's, where he pioneered the sale of works by Jeff Koons and Maurizio Cattelan before they were art stars. … read more »
Stephanie Seymour certainly wasn't thinking about reconciling with Peter Brant four months ago when she had a long, boozy dinner at the Old Homestead Steakhouse in Atlantic City with her boyfriend at the time, a hedge-fund manager from Connecticut named Lance. "I'm very happy to hear she's reunited with Peter Brant because she was very upset," restaurateur Greg Sherry told Page Six.
New York couples on brink of divorce more likely to make up
The still stunning 41-year-old mother of four talked about past relationships the whole night -- reminiscing about Axl Rose and then Brant. She called her own divorce the "War of the Roses." "She was visibly upset," said Sherry. "At the time, she didn't want to get back together with him. She was very out of sorts and pouring her soul out. … read more »
New York couples on brink of divorce more likely to make up
The still stunning 41-year-old mother of four talked about past relationships the whole night -- reminiscing about Axl Rose and then Brant. She called her own divorce the "War of the Roses." "She was visibly upset," said Sherry. "At the time, she didn't want to get back together with him. She was very out of sorts and pouring her soul out. … read more »
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