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Foxes

Foxes

  • Art

20.00 BGN

Artist: Franz Marc Created: 1913 Dimensions (cm): 88 × 66 Format: oil on canvas Location: Private collection 'The Foxes' is a 1913 painting by Franz Marc, a key figure of German Expressionism. It perfectly encapsulates everything that makes Marc's work so fascinating. The dynamism, sensational colour and incredible balance just draw the viewer's attention to it. Perfectly capturing the elusive nature of the subject, the animals almost seem to be hidden, and once they are seen clearly, they are fragmented as though we are seeing them through the shards of a shattered window. It has recently become the centre of attention of every major art collector in the world when it went up for auction, fetching a whopping £42.6 million, following a controversial legal dispute to assert its rightful owners. This painting was purchased in 1928 by Jewish investment banker Kurt Grawi. In November 1938, during Kristallnacht, Grawi was imprisoned and sent to a concentration camp, from which he was able to escape to Chile. In letters written to friends, it became known that he smuggled the painting to Paris, meaning to have it shipped to New York so he could sell it and thus finance his forced exile. The painting switched hands several times in the years after his death in Santiago do Chile in 1945. In 1960 its owner, a German department store owner, gifted the painting to the Dusseldorf City Art Collection, ending up at the Kunstpalast Art Museum. In 2015, Grawi's heirs submitted a claim for restitution to which officials in Dusseldorf argued that Grawi had indeed received fair compensation for the sale of the painting, making it legal and not a direct result of Nazi persecution. In 2021, the German government set up a special committee to evaluate if this situation could be compared to the Nazi looting of art. Despite much debate, the committee ultimately recommended the restitution to Grawi's heirs, which the City of Dusseldorf finally did in January 2022. 80% Combed Cotton, 17% Polyamide, 3% Elastane. Made in Portugal using the most advanced craftsmanship to produce the finest seamless socks. Wash inside out (40ºC/100ºF max). Do not tumble dry, iron.

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Peace & Love
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Peace & Love

  • Music

24.00 BGN

To really understand the height of Hippie culture, you need to look at everything it was standing against. In the 1960’s we were on the eve of destruction, humanity was facing annihilation whilst the politicians were plotting away. Those who wanted no part of this decision to come together and demonstrate that humanity can live in peace, love, and harmony. The answer was blowin’ in the wind, and the hippie culture was born. Based mainly out of San Francisco, California, the hippie movement promoted their tolerance of drugs, loving humanity, and protesting all forms of war. With the USA stuck in the Vietnam war, the world was very black & white with a hint of camouflage thrown in. Through LSD-influenced art, the world was opened up to trippy colors and patterns which had never been seen before. It looked like humanity was going to be all right now and we were all going to make love, not war. One of the first things you think of regarding the hippie culture is the festivals and the music. The Woodstock and Isle of Wight festivals of 1969 have passed into the stuff of legends where many “wish they were there”. Jimi Hendrix playing the ‘star-spangled banner’ and The Who’s ‘See me, feel me” at sunrise have become iconic Rock n' Roll moments. Composition 80% Combed Cotton, 17% Polyamide, 3% Elastane. We use seamless knitting to create a sock with no stitches. Wash inside out (40ºC/100ºF max). Do not tumble dry, iron, bleach or dry clean.

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