Richard Avedon

Boots, Banksy, piano: Elton John puts items up for auction

Published by Hurriyet on Sat, 01/13/2024 - 05:33

Music icon Elton John has put a variety of personal items up for auction at Christie's in New York, including monogrammed silver leather platform boots, a grand piano and a triptych by street artist Banksy.

Most of the items come from John's former home in Atlanta, a condo on Peachtree Road that was recently sold, the auction house said on Jan. 11.

From glossy fashion to the world we live in: The iconic images of Richard Avedon

Published by Kathimerini on Mon, 07/14/2014 - 15:19

By Elis Kiss

Henry Moore’s hand speaks of the sculptor in a 1963 photograph, while a double-take portrait of Francis Bacon from 1979 comes as a reflection of the painter’s own fragmented oeuvre. The images, shot by acclaimed photographer Richard Avedon, are iconic: They define their era, the sitters and the person orchestrating them behind the lens.