Sep 08, 2017 pierre berge, the longtime companion of legendary french designer yves saint laurent and cofounder of his eponymous fashion house, has died following a long illness. Directory price results news help consign classic site. Yves saint laurent 1 august 1936 1 june 2008 was a french fashion designer. The city and country homes of legendary fashion designer, yves saint laurent 19362008, and his partner, businessman pierre berge 1930, have both been sold and all contents auctioned off in february and november 2009 in recordsetting proportions raising. Collection yves saint laurent et pierre berge christies. View a wide variety of artworks by marc riboud, now available for sale on artnet auctions. Yves saint laurent s art collection unveiled at christies paris. Berge and yves saint laurent, who first met in paris in 1958, amassed during their years as a couple. Jun 24, 2014 the tale of yves saint laurent and pierre berge is a tumultuous, passionate, complex, decadent, druglaced love story. Yves saint laurent simple english wikipedia, the free. The film follows the career and tumultuous personal life of french designer yves saint laurent played with convincing authenticity by pierre niney. He cofounded the fashion label yves saint laurent, and was a longtime business partner and onetime life partner of the eponymous designer. Paris two rare bronze sculptures that disappeared from china nearly 150 years ago and were demanded back by beijing sold for millions wednesday as an auction of art works owned by the late. Pierre berge, yves saint laurent cofounder and true prince.
Pierre berge and christies auctionyves saint laurent. The ysl documentary pierre berge did not want anyone to. Feb 26, 2009 yves saint laurent s art collection was acquired over five decades by the late fashion designer and his business partner pierre berge. Collection pierre berge, from one home to another sothebys. Pierre berge yves saint laurent biopic film british vogue. The proceeds, about 300 million euros, was used to set up a foundation for aids research. Fondation pierre berge yves saint laurent musee yves. Have a peek into the world of style icon yves saint laurent and pierre berge at home with yves saint laurent and pierre berge. I love the way this book shows the artworks in detail, and in their setting within the homes of st. Pierre berge, transformative fashion executive and opera czar.
Jan 01, 1996 gorgeous and tightly organized, yves saint laurent by pierre berge is a nice addition to my growing repertoire of fashion literature because in, a short span of pages, it totally encapsulates the glamour, grandeur and edginess his designs represent. The film centers on the 2009 christies mega auction of more than 700 art objects that mr. Christies auctions a bronze rabbit head made for the emperor qianlongs. For the rest of his life the yves saint laurent fashion house was at the top of parisian couture. Saint laurent filme wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. The auction at christies in paris raised much more than the. Retrouvez tout le casting du film yves saintlaurent realise par jalil lespert avec pierre niney, guillaume gallienne, charlotte le bon, laura smet. The threeday sale of the collection of yves saint laurent and pierre berge at the grand palais. The private collection amassed by the fashion designer and his partner pierre berge is considered one of the finest in the world. Saint laurent shared with pierre berge, his business and erstwhile romantic partner. Yves saint laurent, who exploded on the fashion scene in 1958 as the boywonder successor to christian dior and endured as one of the bestknown and. I already owned the private world of yves saint laurent and pierre berge, which shows their homes in terms of interior design and living spaces so this was a logical companion volume. Pierre niney is a dead ringer for the fashion designer, but this is a lifeless account of his career.
Deliciously french, saint laurents start with christian dior through the 1960s when he. Businessman and cofounder of the yves saint laurent couture house who was a onetime life partner of the fashion designer pierre berge at an exhibition to celebrate the work of yves saint laurent. Yves saint laurents art collection was acquired over five decades by the late fashion designer and his business partner pierre berge. O elenco coadjuvante contou com lea seydoux, amira casar, aymeline valade e helmut berger. The city and country homes of legendary fashion designer, yves saint laurent 19362008, and his partner, businessman pierre berge 1930, have both been sold and all contents auctioned off in february and november 2009 in recordsetting. Pierre berge and christies auctionyves saint laurent youtube. The yves saint laurent and pierre berge art auction art. Yves saint laurent a pair of floral platform heels. Christies yves st laurent et pierre berge auction catalog set. The tale of yves saint laurent and pierre berge is a tumultuous, passionate, complex, decadent, druglaced love story.
The turbulent love story behind yves saint laurents. That is, if a wallow in felliniesque excess that involves bottomless. The yves saint laurent and pierre berge collection is on view to the public until 4 february at christies london, with the sale taking place on 2325 february at the grand palais, paris. Sep 08, 2017 pierre berge, who transformed the french fashion industry as the managerial genius behind yves saint laurent, and went on to have a tempestuous career as the czar of paris opera, died on friday. The fondation pierre berge yves saint laurent, a true extension of the haute couture house, was established in 2002. They separated as lovers in 1976, but they remained friends and business. Pierre berges private collection up for auction cnn style. Rare art, furniture and various items owned by the late pierre berge, cofounder of the yves saint laurent fashion house, will hit the auction block in october 2018.
Les croquis qui apparaissent dans le film sont egalement des originaux 1, tout comme certains dialogues 2. Born yves henri donat mathieu saint laurent, in algeria, he was one of the greatest figures in french fashion in the 20th century daily telegraph 2608 in 1985, in her book, couture. Bought by yves saint laurent and pierre berge in the 1970s, the first owner of this sculpture was the painter fernand leger who directly received it in exchange for a painting sometime after 1918, the year he and brancusi met. Metteur en scene, directrice du theatre du soleil le kabuki. He and his partner pierre berge had an impressive art collection, which was sold by auction at christies in paris, 2009. He is regarded as being among the foremost fashion designers in the twentieth century.
Saint laurent and his business and civil partner pierre berge began collecting in earnest in the 1970s after the couture business expanded into pretaporter collections. Three abstract paintings by piet mondrian, which each belong to key stages in the. Pierre berge on his relationship with yves saint laurent. Gorgeous and tightly organized, yves saint laurent by pierre berge is a nice addition to my growing repertoire of fashion literature because in, a short span of pages, it totally encapsulates the glamour, grandeur and edginess his designs represent. Yves saint laurent is a 2014 french biographical drama film directed by jalil lespert and cowritten with jacques fieschi, jeremie guez and mariepierre huster. It primarily seeks to conserve and promote yves saint laurents work. Madison cox president of the fondation pierre bergeyves saint laurent, paris and president. Jan 07, 2014 pierre berge, the former partner of yves saint laurent, has been outspoken in his support of one of the forthcoming biopics about saint laurents life while being damning about the other but thats not because it whitewashes the legendary designers failings. The film follows the career and tumultuous personal life of french designer yves saint laurent played with convincing authenticity by pierre niney, beginning in 1957 when the 21yearold was. Pierre berge, the longtime companion of legendary french designer yves saint laurent and cofounder of his eponymous fashion house, has died. Yves saint laurent would go on to spend nearly thirty years there pursuing his career as a couturier.