The collection of Pierre Bergé, who died last September and was the partner of the late Yves Saint Laurent, amounting to 1,200 objects, is to be auctioned at Sotheby's this autumn. The items on sale are drawn from four properties, one of which was Bergé's Paris home in which Édouard Manet was born in 1832. Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Bergé shared a passion for refined and beautiful objects throughout their on-off romance and business relationship that lasted half a century. "I cannot think of a single domain that is not represented in this sale", said Mario Tavella, the chairman of Sotheby's Europe. In addition to the works by Picasso, Matisse, Braque, Chagall, Miró, Modigliani and other artists whose work has been sold before, there will also be some new acquisitions.
The collection of Pierre Bergé, who died last September and was the partner of the late Yves Saint Laurent, amounting to 1,200 objects, is to be auctioned at Sotheby's this autumn. The items on sale are drawn from four properties, one of which was Bergé's Paris home in which Édouard Manet was born in 1832. "I cannot think of a single domain that is not represented in this sale", said Mario Tavella, the chairman of Sotheby's Europe. In addition to the works by Picasso, Matisse, Braque, Chagall, Miró, Modigliani and other artists whose work has been sold before, there will also be some new acquisitions.