We remember the sumptuous antique furniture and paintings he entrusted to Christie’s in 2001 before dedicating himself remorselessly to modern production. New change of pace. If the fashion giant opted for an unchanging look – a ponytail tied with a ribbon, dark glasses and a stiff collar – he often changed the situation. The items that he didn’t auction off unfortunately piled up in the warehouse. “What worries me is buying, he admitted, and the esthete never avoided these sensations. Karl Largerfeld was a spendthrift who spent endlessly, to the point where his estate now has to be managed by a temporary manager. His collection, which Sotheby’s will put up for sale next December in Monaco, Paris and Cologne, includes at least 4,000 lots.
It is touching to see the works collected in Louveciennes, works that Karl Lagerfeld, a demanding connoisseur, never tired of and never abandoned. Works delineating the portrait at the core of its enigmatic dandy: enchanting watercolors of the 1920s fashion by Barbier, Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Lepape, German advertising posters from the early 20th century. with their powerful graphics; photographs, of course, of fashion and architecture, a photo of her cat Choupette, a photo of her beloved man. And art books, so many.