devodotcom: January 2014

Friday, January 31, 2014

GUNG HAY FAT CHOY!

Victor Joris for Cuddlecoat Pantsuits

Morris Moskowitz Handbag - Mr. John Hat

Shoulder-bag by Lee Sterner

Madcaps Hat

Shirt - Stuffed Shirt

Giorgini Shorts

Kasper for J.L.Sport Safari Suit

Casa di Cole

Madcaps Hat

Lee Sterner Canvas Bag

Kimberly

David Evins shoes

Halter Dress and Jacket - Tom Nassare for Studio Six

Politics Begins at 18

Harper's Bazaar January 1972

Photography: Bruce Laurance

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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Lapis bead necklace with sapphire, gold and diamond pendant, Jean Schlumberger of Tiffany ... Serpentine jade cuffs with ruby and diamond dots by David Webb ... Bulgari's saphire-breasted Bird of Paradise with emeralds, rubies and diamonds ...coral and yellow enamel vanity inlaid with jewels by Cartier ... Audemars Piguet pocket watch in gold and jade ... David Webb carved emerald and carved coral necklace ... Black enamel, diamonds and jade drop earring by David Webb.

Jade with nestling diamonds in a pin by David Webb ... Amethyst beads linked with diamonds, topaz and jade by Van Cleef and Arpels ... enameled vanity with diamond-and-onyx chain from Cartier's 1925 collection ... strands of sapphires clasped with a huge carved emerald and diamonds by Van Cleef and Arpels ... a Piaget pocket watch of black onyx ringed with diamonds ... Rings from Harry Winston, a rare, true emerald-green emerald. a ruby surrounded by 54 diamonds ... carved jade beads in a necklace of rubies, sapphires and pearls by Bulgari ... An emerald ring as big as the Ritz by Van Cleef and Arpels.

First of the Big-Time Splendors
Vogue November 1974
Photography: Chris von Wangenheim

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

SEVENTIES DECOR - WEISMAN ART

Indoor patio - open on one side to the garden

On the round table surrounded by the semi-circle benches, a 1944 Max Ernst wood sculpture, "Jeune Homme au Coeur Battant." William Turnbull's massive "Columbus" (1960) in rosewood and bronze. Overhead, a 1950 Alexander Calder mobile, "Nine Elements," Andy Warhol's 1972 "Portrait of Marcia Weisman."

Kadinsky's "Yellow Nude"

Overlooking the dining table, Kandinsky's "Yellow Nude" divides the living and dining areas and Barnett Newman's sculpture, "Here I (to Marcia)." At left, a partial view of Morris Lewis's "Beta Rho" (Unfurled).

Fred Weisman's Dressing Room

Front and center, George Segal's "Woman on Green Chair-Ruth" (1964). Arman's "Yang and Yin," acrylic cube with watercolor containers, used as a table. In the window, Claes Oldenburg's "Pastry Case; Baked Potato, Sundae, Banana, Transformed by Eating."

Marcia Weisman

1917 bronze, "Seated Bather," Jacques Lipchitz

Indoors, Outdoors;

MOVABLE MASTERPIECES

The Collection of masterpieces of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weisman

Over the mantlepiece, William de Kooning, "Dark Pond" (1945). Left of mantle, Arshile Gorky, 1964 Clyfford Still on back wall,Wayne Thiebaud's "Lollipop" seen through door to kitchen. Left of that, an historic Jackson Pollack - his last painting, "Scent"(1955). Seen through entrance to breakfast room/bar, a magnificent Barnett Newman, "Onement Number 6," with a rare Newman sculpture in front of it. On the left wall, another view of Wassily Kandinsky's "Yellow Nude" (1911). Henry Moore's 1948 bronze, "Family Group," on foreground table. Other sculptures, a Naum Gabo "Construction" in anodized bronze and wire - right of fireplace, Giacoma Manzu's "Seated Cardinal," 1959 bronze on rear coffee table.

The Movable Masterpieces of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick R. Weisman

Vogue May 1974

Photography: Horst

Decor: George Hall