Lot 132
Thai (b. 1967)
8 Sirichai Paintings for Geoffrey Beene
Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

each: 12 x 9 inches

Additional Info

Sirichai (b.1967, Bangkok, Thailand) has degrees in architecture and interior architecture from King Mongkut Institute of Technology, Bangkok and in illustration from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. The Cooper Hewitt Museum and the window displays of Saks Fifth Avenue are among the places his work has been exhibited in. In addition to his work for Geoffrey Beene, which includes several advertising campaigns, Sirichai has worked with French Fragrances Inc., Vogue Germany, Editions Payot & Rivages, and The Barbican Centre in London in 2000. Sirichai illustrated the book, “Beauty and the Beene: A Modern Legend” (Abrams), which won several awards at the 14th annual New York Book Show.

Estimate: $200 - $400

Price Realized: $188
Includes buyer's premium

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About this Lot
Description

8 abstracted fashion drawings by artist Sirichai for Geoffrey Beene

Frame Information

unframed

Provenance

Property From the Estate of Geoffrey Beene. Proceeds from this item to benefit the Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering.

Condition

overall good condition, minor wear at the edges

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The Estate of Geoffrey Beene

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Geoffrey Beene was an icon of the American fashion scene: as the New York Times put it, "fashion editors ran out of superlatives to describe Mr. Beene's high-wire act." Just a year after founding his firm in 1963, Beene was awarded the prestigious Coty American Fashion Critics' Award. This would be one of eight Coty awards given to the designer over the course of his life, more than any other designer has received to date. Over the next four decades, Beene built on his reputation as a one-of-a-kind designer, producing acclaimed lines of women's and men's clothing, accessories, and perfume.  In 1976, he became the first American designer to show a collection in Milan, Italy. 

Two years after Geoffrey Beene's death in 2004, the Geoffrey Beene Foundation was established in his honor. The mission of the Foundation is to support critical philanthropic causes, the most important being the establishment in 2006 of the Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Since its creation in 2006, the Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center has served as a nucleus for revolutionary new research approaches in preventing, diagnosing, and treating cancer. 


Proceeds from this item to benefit the Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering.