Design Auction – The Organic Chair
Can you imagine a designer today who would treat the coating of furniture with air…
Love and death of Mary Vetsera – Youthful confessions
Vienna, 1884: When she was 17, Countess Marie Mittrowsky asked her friends to write in…
In the Spirit of Coco Chanel
A reduction to the basics – clear lines and functionality defined Coco Chanel’s fashion design and launched a new style. Dorotheum is delighted to offer a glimpse into Karl Lagerfeld’s designs for Chanel at the upcoming…
Black Star – Mercedes-Benz 300 S Roadster
The Mercedes-Benz 300 S is the epitome of elegance. It was the car for stars, the elite, more expensive than any other. What follows is a brief historical review of this beauty,…
BelliSSSSima: Bulgari’s PaSSSSion for FaSSSShion
Psssst! Does the 1960s Bulgari serpent watch shown above make you aspire to become a snake charmer? Is style-savvy, serpentine design the “super fuel” that wakes your passion for fashion from hibernation, makes you shed the…
Rare gem from fin-de-siècle treasure trove
Koloman Moser, muff necklace, auction June 13, 2016, price realised: € 198,200.- Gustav Klimt and Emilie Flöge, the shining couple from Vienna’s Fin-de-Siècle movement. In July of 1905, the artist bestowed upon…
Anish Kapoor: Vertigo at the Verge of the Void
Anish Kapoor’s ‘Pouch’ sold for €337,136 at the contemporary art auction at Dorotheum Vienna on 1st June, 2016. One would need a very, very big head to wrap around an influence as vast as that of Anish Kapoor; the…
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