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Duchess of Warhol: Estate of Brigid Berlin
Doyle is honored to auction The Duchess of Warhol: The Estate of Brigid Berlin on Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 10am. The sale will offer a fascinating range of original art, memorabilia and furnishings from Brigid's Manhattan apartment.
Few could combine uptown style with downtown chic quite like Brigid Berlin. Daughter of Honey and Richard Berlin, the straight-laced chairman of the Hearst media empire, a multitude of finishing schools failed to corral Brigid. Her marriage at age 19 to a Manhattan window dresser didn't last but did introduce her to Andy Warhol, who worked down the block.
Enamored with Brigid’s Fifth Avenue upbringing and carefree adulthood, Warhol dubbed her The Duchess and welcomed her into the developing world of The Factory. The two became best friends over time. It was Brigid who introduced Andy to the tape recorder and Polaroid camera, resulting in one of the best documented art movements in history. Brigid, barely clothed in most photographs, made “Tit Prints," kept trip diaries, appeared in Chelsea Girls in 1966, recorded The Velvet Underground and staggered audiences with highly personal stage performances. What is often understated in recounting her relationship with Warhol is that Brigid Berlin was one of the most influential and risk-taking artists of the 20th century.
In 1986, Brigid Berlin bought her apartment on East 28th Street, nestled between her Factory and Fifth Avenue worlds. Described by The New York Times as “a ladylike pink-and-green Palm Beach fantasia," Berlin’s floral-wallpapered apartment was filled with pictures of pugs, her elegant portrait by Joe Eula, needlepoints of New York Post covers, hundreds of books on the Factory scene and a signed photograph depicting Andy with the Pope.
In Brigid's apartment, worlds collide to dazzling effect representing her absolutely unique point of view.
Auction Curator:
Peter Costanzo
Executive Director, Books, Autographs & PhotographsLot Number: Lowest
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1010: Group of Pug Decorated Fashion Articles Including Pieces Worked by Brigid BerlinEst. $200-$400
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1017: T. Anthony Soft Case Suitcase and Totebag; Together with a Smythson Travel Jewelry CaseEst. $200-$400
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1018: CAMERAS Group of Brigid Berlin's Cameras and Camera Equipment.Est. $100-$200
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1019: Group of Five Pug Decorated Needlepoint Pillows Worked by Brigid BerlinEst. $300-$500
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1023: Judith Leiber Bag American, 1990s Brilliant jade green glazed crocodile skin with gilt-metalEst. $200-$300
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