HUDSON, N.Y. – On Wednesday, November 16, STAIR will present a 224-lot sale titled Property from the Collection of Joan Didion. Proceeds from the auction will benefit patient care and research of Parkinson’s and other movement disorders at Columbia University, and the Sacramento Historical Society for the benefit of Sacramento City College scholarship for women in literature. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Joan Didion (1934-2021) began her career as a writer and influential critic of American culture in the 1960s when she burst on the scene as a new and distinctive voice. After marrying fellow writer John Gregory Dunne, the two moved to Didion’s home state of California, where they became a bicoastal glamour couple, frequenting the Hollywood scene in California and the literary world in New York.
It is the influence of both of these places that can be felt throughout Joan Didion’s writings as well as in the collection of art and objects that occupied her New York City apartment at the end of her life. Friendships with artists produced the opportunity to acquire works of art that reflect the creative and intellectual milieu the Didion-Dunnes occupied, and provide the structure for a sale that does justice to Joan Didion’s legacy.
Highlights in the auction lineup include works by Richard Diebenkorn, Sam Francis, Brice Marden, Ed Ruscha, Jennifer Bartlett, Vija Celmins and Patti Smith. Also featured is a selection of photographs of Joan Didion by Brigitte Lacombe, Annie Leibovitz, Mary Ellen Mark and Julian Wasser.
Furnishings and decorations from Didion’s apartment include a large partner’s desk from California; a late Regency Pembroke table; an American writing desk; silver, porcelain and collectibles amassed by the Didion-Dunnes on their travels; and objects given to them by artists and writers. A selection of books and ephemera will also be included.
For more information about Joan Didion, click here www.joandidion.org
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