An Andy Warhol portrait of Brigitte Bardot is expected to fetch as much as $6.4 million (£4 million) when her late ex-husband's art collection goes under the hammer.
The silkscreen print was commissioned by Gunter Sachs in 1974 - five years after he divorced the French beauty - and is expected to be the star lot in an upcoming auction of the German playboy's paintings.
Nearly 300 works will hit the auction block, including photos taken by Sachs and paintings by Roy Lichtenstein, Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte.
Experts predict the collection, which is being sold by Sachs' widow Mirja Larsson, will pull in more than $32 million (£20 million) in total.
Sotheby's director Cheyenne Westphal says, "This remarkable collection... truly captures the essence of Gunter Sachs' life in the 1960s and 1970s and reveals his little-known side as one of the most visionary and influential collectors of the 20th century. (It is) among the most desirable single owner collections ever to come to market."
The sale, to be held in London on 22 and 23 May, comes a year after Sachs shot himself dead, leaving behind a suicide note stating he didn't want to live with "hopeless illness A" - widely believed to be Alzheimer's disease.
The silkscreen print was commissioned by Gunter Sachs in 1974 - five years after he divorced the French beauty - and is expected to be the star lot in an upcoming auction of the German playboy's paintings.
Nearly 300 works will hit the auction block, including photos taken by Sachs and paintings by Roy Lichtenstein, Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte.
Experts predict the collection, which is being sold by Sachs' widow Mirja Larsson, will pull in more than $32 million (£20 million) in total.
Sotheby's director Cheyenne Westphal says, "This remarkable collection... truly captures the essence of Gunter Sachs' life in the 1960s and 1970s and reveals his little-known side as one of the most visionary and influential collectors of the 20th century. (It is) among the most desirable single owner collections ever to come to market."
The sale, to be held in London on 22 and 23 May, comes a year after Sachs shot himself dead, leaving behind a suicide note stating he didn't want to live with "hopeless illness A" - widely believed to be Alzheimer's disease.
- 3/13/2012
- WENN
Industrialist, playboy and former husband of Brigitte Bardot
The term "playboy" was more than a century old before Gunter Sachs, who has taken his own life aged 78, ordered the first magnum of champagne to be sent up to his suite, yet he defined the job description during its era of optimum use, the 1960s. He later took seriously his roles as a photographer, documentary film-maker and industrialist, but fellow Germans thought of him as the crown prince of pleasure, living it up internationally on their behalf while they were at work on the production line, bolting together the postwar German miracle. He led those who made St Tropez fashionable and for three years (1966-69) was married to the queen regnant of the Côte d'Azur, Brigitte Bardot.
The money for Sachs's toys (yacht, planes, handbuilt cars, go-karts and sports gear, cameras and a navy's worth of chronometers) came from his maternal great-grandfather,...
The term "playboy" was more than a century old before Gunter Sachs, who has taken his own life aged 78, ordered the first magnum of champagne to be sent up to his suite, yet he defined the job description during its era of optimum use, the 1960s. He later took seriously his roles as a photographer, documentary film-maker and industrialist, but fellow Germans thought of him as the crown prince of pleasure, living it up internationally on their behalf while they were at work on the production line, bolting together the postwar German miracle. He led those who made St Tropez fashionable and for three years (1966-69) was married to the queen regnant of the Côte d'Azur, Brigitte Bardot.
The money for Sachs's toys (yacht, planes, handbuilt cars, go-karts and sports gear, cameras and a navy's worth of chronometers) came from his maternal great-grandfather,...
- 5/9/2011
- by Veronica Horwell
- The Guardian - Film News
Brigitte Bardot is mourning the death of her billionaire ex-husband Gunter Sachs after he committed suicide at his home in Switzerland at the age of 78.
The German filmmaker and photographer took his own life on Saturday at his chalet in Gstaad, his son Rolf has confirmed. Reports suggest he shot himself.
Sachs, the grandson of automobile mogul Wilhelm von Opel, was a trained mathematician and economist but found fame in the 1960s after turning his attention to making documentaries.
A famed playboy during his youth, Sachs fell in love with French actress Bardot after meeting her in 1966 and famously commissioned a helicopter to fly over her home in Saint-Tropez and shower it with hundreds of red roses.
They wed weeks later in Las Vegas; the marriage ended in divorce in 1969.
Bardot, who has since dedicated her life to fighting for animal rights, remained close to her third husband after their break-up and was informed of Sachs' death this weekend (07-08May11).
A representative for Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the Welfare and Protection of Animals tells the Afp, "We called Gunter Sachs' private secretary who confirmed the suicide to us, but we have no details on the circumstances."
A source adds, "(Bardot) has been informed and is devastated. She had kept close ties with Gunter Sachs, who was a guest when we celebrated 20 years of the foundation."
Bardot was Sachs' second wife. He went on to wed Mirja Larsson within months of his split from the French icon.
The German filmmaker and photographer took his own life on Saturday at his chalet in Gstaad, his son Rolf has confirmed. Reports suggest he shot himself.
Sachs, the grandson of automobile mogul Wilhelm von Opel, was a trained mathematician and economist but found fame in the 1960s after turning his attention to making documentaries.
A famed playboy during his youth, Sachs fell in love with French actress Bardot after meeting her in 1966 and famously commissioned a helicopter to fly over her home in Saint-Tropez and shower it with hundreds of red roses.
They wed weeks later in Las Vegas; the marriage ended in divorce in 1969.
Bardot, who has since dedicated her life to fighting for animal rights, remained close to her third husband after their break-up and was informed of Sachs' death this weekend (07-08May11).
A representative for Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the Welfare and Protection of Animals tells the Afp, "We called Gunter Sachs' private secretary who confirmed the suicide to us, but we have no details on the circumstances."
A source adds, "(Bardot) has been informed and is devastated. She had kept close ties with Gunter Sachs, who was a guest when we celebrated 20 years of the foundation."
Bardot was Sachs' second wife. He went on to wed Mirja Larsson within months of his split from the French icon.
- 5/8/2011
- WENN
The German filmmaker and photographer Gunter Sachs took his own life on Saturday at his chalet in Gstaad, his son Rolf has confirmed. Reports suggest he shot himself.
Sachs, the grandson of automobile mogul Wilhelm von Opel, was a trained mathematician and economist but found fame in the 1960s after turning his attention to making documentaries.
A famed playboy during his youth, Sachs fell in love with French actress Brigitte Bardot after meeting her in 1966 and famously commissioned a helicopter to fly over her home in Saint-Tropez and shower it with hundreds of red roses.
They wed weeks later in Las Vegas; the marriage ended in divorce in 1969.
Bardot, who has since dedicated her life to fighting for animal rights, remained close to her third husband after their break-up and was informed of Sachs' death this weekend.
A representative for Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the Welfare and Protection of Animals tells the Afp,...
Sachs, the grandson of automobile mogul Wilhelm von Opel, was a trained mathematician and economist but found fame in the 1960s after turning his attention to making documentaries.
A famed playboy during his youth, Sachs fell in love with French actress Brigitte Bardot after meeting her in 1966 and famously commissioned a helicopter to fly over her home in Saint-Tropez and shower it with hundreds of red roses.
They wed weeks later in Las Vegas; the marriage ended in divorce in 1969.
Bardot, who has since dedicated her life to fighting for animal rights, remained close to her third husband after their break-up and was informed of Sachs' death this weekend.
A representative for Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the Welfare and Protection of Animals tells the Afp,...
- 5/8/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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