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The "Bowie/Collector" three-part sale in November will
feature around 400 items from the pop icon's private collection
and is seen fetching "in excess of 10 million pounds" ($13.24
million), a spokeswoman for the auction house said.
Bowie, who died aged 69 in January, straddled the worlds of
music, fashion, drama and art for five decades, and was known
for some of the most innovative songs of his generation. However
his art collector side "was something he kept almost entirely
hidden from public view", Sotheby's said.
"Eclectic, unscripted, understated: David Bowie's collection
offers a unique insight into the personal world of one of the
20th century's greatest creative spirits," Oliver Barker,
Sotheby's Europe chairman, said in a statement.
Among works to be featured is late American artist Jean-Michel
Basquiat's "Air Power" painting, estimated between 2.5 million
and 3.5 million pounds, and Hirst's kaleidoscopic "Beautiful,
Shattering, Slashing, Violent, Pinky, Hacking, Sphincter
Painting", seen fetching 250,000–350,000 pounds.
There are also sculptures and design furniture, including a
1960s record player by Italian brothers Achille and Pier Giacomo
Castiglioni.
The collection will be exhibited at Sotheby's galleries in
London in early November. Before that, the auction house will
hold previews around the world.
(Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; editing by Mark Heinrich)
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