Art Book Holiday Benefit
To Celebrate and Support the Arts and Literacy programs of
THE LOWER EASTSIDE GIRLS CLUB
Wednesday, December 9th 2009
7:00pm-9:00pm
The Astor Center Gallery
Lafayette Street at 4th Street, NYC
Advance tickets no longer available. Tickets will be available at the door starting at 6:45pm!
ABSENTEE BID INFO
Absentee bids will be accepted until 8:00pm EST on Wednesday, December 9th. All absentee bid forms must be filled out in full (including CC info) and emailed here by the deadline with the amount of the bid in the subject line. Winning bidders will be contacted before 9pm.
Absentee Bid Form Word. BIDS DUE BY 8PM!
Absentee Bid Form PDF. BIDS DUE BY 8PM!
$100 ticket buys cocktails, hors d’Oeuvres, dessert, and an Auction Paddle to bid on some really fabulous Art Books.VIP seated tickets also available for $250.
All attendees are automatically entered into a raffle drawing for a “behind the scenes” tour of the Christie's Impressionist and Modern Art vault. And there’s more: everyone will receive an art book or exhibition catalog (many of them signed by the artists) as a holiday gift from us to you.
Raffle items include: A makeover from Michael Angelo's Wonderland Beauty Parlor, Kiss Kiss by Patrick McMullan, Mad Men DVD gift basket from AMC, Dinner at Gradisca, La Prairie Gift Certificate, Museum Admissions and more!
Event contact: Laura Rogers via email or 212-982-1633 x105
AUCTION (You do not have to be present to Bid. See absentee bid info above.)
Auction Items include:
Artists and Prostitutes, David LaChapelle Valued at $4000. Edition 1025 of 2500
Donated by the artist. Limited edition of 2,500 copies worldwide, numbered and signed by the artist. Celebrating the visionary LaChapelle’s truly extraordinary photography, this 698-page, XL-sized book is packed cover-to-cover with vibrant full-bleed images; the best of his entire career to date. Bursting at the seams with spectacle and drama, and saturated with colors that only LaChapelle can realize, this limited edition pays tribute to the most daring and ambitious photographer in the history of portraiture. All color illustrations are color-separated and reproduced in Pan4C, the finest reproduction technique available today, which provides unequalled intensity and color range.
1988, Your House is Mine Valued at $3500
A hand-bound volume of limited edition signed posters created at the height of the East Village political renegade/squatter/street artist movement of the late ‘80’s. 17” x 21” with 35 prints including: Eric Drooker, Miguel Pinero, Andrew Castrucci, Seth Tobocman, Lee Quinones, Marguerite van Cook and James Romberger, Anton van Dalen, Peter Missing, Lady Pink, David Wojnarowicz, Martin Wong and others. The book is a history of the 1980's and 90's Lower East Side activist art movement centering on housing, economic, healthcare and other civil rights. It also is a document of an impressive and provocative public art project featuring some of the most well known artists of that movement and the American art world of that time.
Board Event Chair:
Harish Rao
Board of Directors:
Barry Berg, Susan Munoz, Nicco Mele, Lyn Pentecost, Steve Perricone, Mary Spink, Lindsay Tucker.
HOST COMMITTEE (in formation)
Mickey Boardman
Natalka Burian
Julia Cheiffetz
Erin Crandall and Ben Phillips
Kate Engelbrecht and Jed Walentas
Jessie Fertig
Sierra Fromberg
Lauren Gargiulo
Penelope Gil
Emily Griffin
Tobias Hayduck
Rebecca Hoffberger
Steve Lewis, Blackbook
Ginette Lospinoso
Reyna Mastrosimone
Geraldine McGinty and John Greally
Erin Mulvey
Chris Pirkelbauer
Mariana Salem
Chelsea Scott
Timothy Spuches
Tara Taitt
Wendy Tiefenbacher
Fred Torres Collaborations
Marguerite Van Cook
Celestina Villanueva
Amanda and Justin Wilkes
EVENT SPONSORS & DONORS:
THANK YOU TO BOOK DONORS:
Jan Albert and Dick Demenus
Mickey Boardman
D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Kate Engelbrecht
The Estate of Richard Pousette-Dart
Dawn Young
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