POP & PHOTOGRAPHYfeaturing the work of bert stern

Photography has become a central element in the world of contemporary art. It now ranks in the auction market at the level previously reserved for paintings, sculpture and drawings.The record-breaking sales of photographs at auction began the genre’s recent explosion which has had a permanent impact in the market. Opera Gallery features a selection of our top international Pop Art and Photography, highlighting the work of American photographer Bert Stern. His body of work includes the most iconic images of famous film legends through the years.

POP & PHOTOGRAPHYfeaturing the work of bert stern

The work of Bert STERN is legendary in American fashion and celebrity portrait photography. In the 1960s, during the golden age of advertising, he was credited with creating countless award-winning ads, travel brochures, magazine covers and films.Stern is regarded as a media star, and has set the standard for fashion photography with his iconic images of models from Twiggy to Iman. He shot the publicity photographs of Sue Lyon for the classic film Lolita, and created portraits of highly-acclaimed celebrities including Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Madonna, Gary Cooper, Louis Armstrong and Drew Barrymore.

Stern’s best-known work was commissioned by Vogue magazine. The Last Sitting, a collection of 2,500 photographs of Marilyn Monroe was shot over a three day period. Ironically, the photographs were taken only six weeks before her untimely death. Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting was published in its entirety in 1992. Recently the artist recreated these photos with actress Lindsay Lohan posing as Marilyn Monroe.

Bertram Stern was born in 1929, in Brooklyn, New York, and is a self-taught photographer.pp.8-11

Bert STern

Keith HARING was born in Pennsylvania and studied at the Ivy School of Art in Pittsburgh and the New York School of Visual Arts. His inspiration came primarily from comic strips, cartoons, and graffiti that he saw in NY streets. Haring’s work became immensely popular and received critical acclaim early in his short career. Despite his early death of AIDS at the age of 31, his imagery has become a universally recognized visual language of the twentieth century. pp.41

Alexander CALDER was born in 1898, in Lawnton, Pennsylvania. After receiving a degree in engineering he attended the Art Students League, New York. His fascination with the circus led him to create animal con-structions which became his iconic miniature circuses in wire and wood. His is renowned for the invention of the mobile. After the late 50’s he worked extensively with gouache. He is by far the most acclaimed and influential sculptor of our time.p.42

Sam FRANCIS was born in 1923 in California. Francis began painting while recovering from an injury received in World War II. His work is rooted in Abstract Expressionism concerned with giant color fields and painterly dripping gestures. His mural-sized paintings are stained with brilliant, transparent oil color. He remains one of the country’s premier contemporary masters.p.43

Robert INDIANA was born Robert Clark in New Castle, Indiana, in 1928. Both his graphics and his paintings have made cultural statements on life, and during the rebellious 1960s made pointed political statements. He uses his distinctive hard-edged style in “ The Hartley Elegies” to create symbolic portraits using military insignias and geometric forms in an homage to modernist painter Marsden Hartley.pp.44-47

Mel RAMOS was born in Sacramento, California in 1935. Though primarily a figurative painter, Mel Ramos has experimented freely with realist and abstract art forms for the past twenty years. His “parodies” are respectful, affectionate tributes; a celebration of images with personal meaning. The classification of Ramos within a school of art is disputed, although most agree that Ramos is one of the leading artists of the Pop movement.pp.48-51

Kenny SCHARF was born in Los Angeles, California in 1958. Scharf ‘s pop surreal vision which balances the opposing forces of earth and space, nature and artificiality, figuration and abstraction, quickly earned him the respect of art collectors and museums worldwide. pp.52-53

Alejandro VIGILANTE was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1964. He has been commissioned by well-known collectors including Gloria Estefan, Oliver Stone and Phillip Frost. His humorous and original creations transport the viewer into the past and back to the cyber present. Famous historical and celebrity figures such as Marie-Antoinette, comical Groucho Marx and iconically sophisticated Audrey Hepburn speak to our nostalgic selves. What would they say if they could e-mail us? What will be the next message? You’ve got mail !pp.54-55

The three LuO BROTHERS, Luo Weidong, Luo Weiguo, and Luo Weibing, come from Guilin, GuangXi Prov-ince, China. They began to collaborate, live and work in Beijing in 1996. Their work has been instrumental in establishing major trends in Chinese art such as “Political Pop Art”.p.56

keith HArInG

Alexander CALDer

Sam FrAnCIS

robert InDIAnA

Mel rAMOS

kenny SCHArF

Alejandro VIGILAnTe

LuO BrOTHerS

Yasmina ALAOuI is of French and Moroccan descent. She studied Fine Arts at the Louvre in Paris, and earned a BA in Sculpture from William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia. Marco GuERRA is a New York based fashion photographer, originally from Chile. She creates detailed, complex ink drawings of con-temporary Arabic henna patterns which are magically fused onto nude bodies through the breathtaking photography of Guerra.pp.12-15

Guy LE BAuBE was born in France in 1944. He is an internationally recognized award-winning fashion editorial photographer, who has developed the art of storytelling with a particular vision. Renowned for his black and white nudes, he recently created a color series, Ready Made that highlights his sense of irony, humor and ambiguity. pp.16-18

Serge MENDJISKY was born in Paris in 1929. He uses a collage technique to alter photographic images and create multi-dimensional skylines establishing new notions of time and space. His works form part of major international collections including those of G.Renant, Prince Aga Khan, N.Rockfeller, Ed. de Rothschild, Ford, Kennedy, Loeb, Zammaron, P.L.Weiller, L.Feraud, Lord Hirschfield, Gulbekian, and E.G.Robinson.pp.19-21

Pedro LOMBARDI is a uruguayan-born artist, now living in Paris. His sensual and intimate black and white photographs reveal his passion for music and dance from different ethnic communities throughout Europe and Latin America. pp.22-23

Vincent ROYER was born in Orleans, France. He received a degree in Art History in 1993 from François-Rabelais university in Tours. His provocative and sensual photography creates an aura of mystery and tension which captivates the viewer. pp.24-27

Franck KELLER, who is considered one of the most promising young photographers today, was born in Saint-Tropez in 1973. urban sensuality can be used to describe his photographs, which are timeless yet current. pp.28-29

Andy WARHOL was born Andrew Warhola on August 6, 1928, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was the first and most influential artist to identify the significance of post-war consumer society and transfer it onto canvas. He was the most notable member of the Pop art movement. Through his art, ideas and style he left a lasting imprint on the history of modern art and culture of the twentieth century.pp.32-35

Tom WESSELMANN is considered one of New York’s “hard-core” Pop artists. Wesselmann’s still life images, nudes and abstract landscapes reveal advertising techniques with his use of flat, bright, billboard colors set against clean white backgrounds. pp.36-39

Roy LICHTENSTEIN was born in New York in 1923. He studied at the Art Student League in New York and the School of Fine Arts at Ohio State university. He is considered one of New York’s “hard-core” Pop artists. His signature pieces are his recreations of comic book panels with Ben-Day dots, lettering and speech balloons. Lichtenstein is usually characterized as ironic, humorous and witty. A major retrospective of his work is planned to open in Chicago in 2012.p.40

yasmina ALAOuI Marco GuerrA

Serge MenDjISky

Guy Le BAuBe

Pedro LOMBArDI

Vincent rOyer

Franck keLLer

Andy wArHOL

Tom weSSeLMAnn

roy LICHTenSTeIn

PhotograPhY

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Pigment print, edition of 2566 x 61 cm - 26 x 24 in.

kate Moss, nude

Bert STern

Bert STern

Pigment print, unique piece66 x 61 cm - 26 x 24 in.

MarilYn Monroe with Pink flowers

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Pigment print, unique piece66 x 61 cm - 26 x 24 in.

MarilYn Monroe with orange flowers

Pigment print, edition of 25 61 x 66 cm - 24 x 26 in.

brigitte bardot

Bert STern

Bert STern

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Mixed media127 x 127 cm - 50 x 50 in.

Yasco 41yasmina ALAOuI & Marco GuerrA

Mixed media 127 x 72,4 cm - 50 x 28.5 in.

Yasco 14yasmina ALAOuI & Marco GuerrA

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Mixed media181,6 x 203,2 cm - 71.5 x 80 in.

Yasco 34yasmina ALAOuI & Marco GuerrA

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Photograph, edition of 20 133 x 100 cm - 52.4 x 39.4 in.

wool, 1979 Guy Le BAuBe

Photograph, edition of 20 150 x 100 cm - 59 x 39.4 in.

window, 2002 Guy Le BAuBe

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Photograph, edition of 8110 x 110 cm - 43.3 x 43.3 in.

Manhattan 2Serge MenDjISky

Photograph, edition of 20149 x 100 cm - 58.7 x 39.4 in.

rue bois le Vent, 1971Guy Le BAuBe

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Photograph, edition of 8153 x 70 cm - 60.2 x 27.5 in.

Photograph, edition of 8130 x 97 cm - 51.2 x 38.2 in.

grande deMoiselle nb furstenberg

Serge MenDjISky Serge MenDjISky

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Photograph on arched paper, edition of 1080 x 100 cm - 31.5 x 39.4 in.

guitarra 016

Photograph on arched paper, edition of 10100 x 72 cm - 39.4 x 28.3 in.

Mirada 058

Pedro LOMBArDI

Pedro LOMBArDI

24 25

Photograph, edition of 5126 x 100 cm - 49.6 x 39.4 in.

hard uP 2, sans titre no. 2002Vincent rOyer

Photograph, edition of 3100 x 152 cm - 39.4 x 59.8 in.

hard uP, sans titre no. 1254Vincent rOyer

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Photograph, edition of 5100 x 116 cm - 39.4 x 45.7 in.

hard uP 2, sans titre no. 656Vincent rOyer

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Diasec on light box with wooden frame127 x 127 cm - 50 x 50 in.

serie 1221 bleu

Franck keLLer

Diasec on light box with wooden frame127 x 127 cm - 50 x 50 in.

serie 1209 Vert

Franck keLLer

originals& sculPtures

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(Feldman & Schellmann II.268 p.124) Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board, edition of 100100.3 x 80 cm - 39.5 x 31.5 in.

Jane fonda, 1982

Synthetic polymer, silkscreen ink on canvas28 x 35 cm - 11 x 13.8 in.

toY Painting, fish, 1983

Andy wArHOL

Andy wArHOL

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(Feldman & Schellmann II.313 to 315 p.135)Portfolio of three screenprints on Lenox Museum Board, edition of 25096,5 x 96,5 cm - 38 x 38 in. each

three Portraits of ingrid bergMan, 1983Andy wArHOL

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Silkscreen, edition of 90155 x 122 cm - 61 x 48 in.

Ink on rag board75,9 x 88,3 cm - 29.9 x 34.8 in.

claire sitting with robe half off, 1993

drawing for Monica with ViVienne, 1992

Tom weSSeLMAnn

Tom weSSeLMAnn

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Silkscreen, edition of 90102 x 145 cm - 40 x 57 in.

Monica with cezanne

Silkscreen on woven paper, edition of 100149 x 164,5 cm - 58.5 x 64.75 in.

bedrooM face with orange, 1987

Tom weSSeLMAnn

Tom weSSeLMAnn

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Screenprint in colors, edition of 7533 x 40,6 cm - 13 x 16 in.

untitled, 1995roy LICHTenSTeIn keith HArInG

Acrylic and oil on canvas91 x 122 cm - 36 x 48 in.

red, Yellow, blue #6 (Portrait of tereza)

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Gouache and ink73,7 x 108 cm - 29 x 42.5 in.

untitledAcrylic on paper74 x 102 cm - 29.1 x 40.2 in.

untitled, 1965Alexander CALDer Sam FrAnCIS

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Silkscreen, edition of 9088,9 x 88,9 cm - 35 x 35 in.

the MetaMorPhosis of norMa Jean, 1998Printed paper collage and acrylic on paper100 x 89 cm - 39.4 x 35 in.

libertY 76, 1975

Robert InDIAnA Robert InDIAnA

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Silkscreen, edition of 50195 x 135 cm - 76.8 x 53 in.

Silkscreen, edition of 50195 x 135 cm - 76.8 x 53 in.

hartleY elegies kVf iii, 1990 MP 2/2 hartleY elegies kVf ii, 1990Robert InDIAnA Robert InDIAnA

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Pika boo Yellow

Silkscreen, edition of 199 plus AP 5073 x 50,8 cm - 28.7 x 20 in.

Silkscreen, edition of 199 plus AP 5073 x 50,8 cm - 28.7 x 20 in.

Pika boo Pink

Mel rAMOS Mel rAMOS

Silkscreen, edition of 199 plus AP 5073 x 50,8 cm - 28.7 x 20 in.

Pika boo PurPle

Mel rAMOS

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Oil on canvas111,8 x 167,6 cm - 44 x 66 in.

leoPard, 1972Mel rAMOS

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Silkscreen, edition of 15086,3 x 137,1 cm - 34 x 54 in.

lokglob31

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4Silkscreen, edition of 150114,3 x 88,9 cm - 35 x 45 in.

flintstones

kenny SCHArF

Silkscreen, edition of 150114,3 x 104,1 cm - 41 x 45 in.

felix on a PedestalSilkscreen, edition of 150114,3 x 88,9 cm - 35 x 45 in.

the three faces of Jackie the aMerican

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Acrylic on wood with transfer image 119,4 x 91,4 cm - 47 x 36 in.

e-Mail is MY art “audreY hePburn @ tiffanY’s”Alejandro VIGILAnTe

Acrylic on wood with transfer image 177,8 x 127 cm - 70 x 50 in.

caMelot (Jackie o) Alejandro VIGILAnTe

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Fiberglass50 x 40 cm - 19.7 x 15.8 in.

welcoMe to the world’s faMous brands iLuo BrOTHerS