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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.
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1030: Henry Koehler American, 1927-2018 Peggy and Lulu Sitting III, 1982Est. $700-$1,000
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1032: Joe Eula American, 1925-2004 Portrait of Brigid Berlin Holding Her Pug, 1999Est. $500-$800
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1033: Pair of Empire Style Needlepoint Upholstered Fruitwood Open ArmchairsEst. $200-$300
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1035: Pair of Meissen Porcelain Pug-Form Boxes After a model by Kandler, 20th century Each incised 2809.Est. $700-$1,000
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1037: Christine Herman Merrill American, 20th/21st Century Pugs on a Lawn, 1993-94Est. $1,000-$1,500
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1040: Group of Sterling Silver and Silver Plated Table Articles Various makers including Tiffany & Co. andEst. $500-$700
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1041: Group of Continental Boxes 19th/20th Century Including an one retailed by B. Altman & Co. New York,Est. $200-$300
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1047: Royal Interest: Continental Blue Glazed Ceramic Figure of a Pug From the Collection of the Duke andEst. $600-$800
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1048: DUKE & DUCHESS of WINDSOR A group of photographs and two pug sweaters.Est. $200-$300
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