Lucky enough to call this pyramid and garden home for 3 years before Stanley Bard was disposed from the hotel and Norman and I split for China. My 2nd book, The Last Chelsea Girl, is about half written now and I'm loving all the mysteries I'm uncovering along the way. Can't wait to share. This photo is by Tony Notarberardino, long time resident and friend.
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Originally printed http://www.freemansauction.com/news/stanley-bard-chelsea Freeman’s is honored to present in a single owner sale on May 16 nearly one hundred works of art, lovingly acquired personally by Stanley Bard from various artists associated with The Chelsea Hotel.
"It’s a privilege for us to have the opportunity to handle art from Stanley Bard’s collection. His contributions not only to the Chelsea Hotel but to the artists and creative community of New York City are legendary. We are honored to celebrate his legacy," commented Dunham Townend, head of Freeman's Modern & Contemporary Art department. The Chelsea Hotel was an institution defined by the extraordinary lives of the countless legendary residents it housed over its colorful 135-year history. The hotel was home to a revolving door of guests – gritty and sophisticated, talented and wealthy – that included musicians, immigrants, poets, heiresses and artists alike. Their lives are inextricably linked with the hotel’s mythic history and their stories haunt its halls. Andy Warhol shot parts of Chelsea Girls at the hotel, and Jackson Pollock, Larry Rivers, Mark Rothko and Robert Mapplethorpe were residents. Musicians including Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin and Patti Smith all lived in, and wrote about the hotel. Dylan Thomas, a Chelsea resident, died of pneumonia after a heavy drinking bout nearby and Nancy Spungen, girlfriend of Sid Vicious, was found stabbed to death in the hotel, further memorializing the hotel’s rock-and-roll, gritty reputation. Arthur C. Clarke wrote 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur Miller lived there for six years after his divorce from Marilyn Monroe, and William Burroughs penned The Third Mind at the Chelsea. The hotel fostered a unique community of chaos and creativity that continues to fascinate to this very day. More than any other individual, Stanley Bard, fifty-year manager of the hotel, can be credited with curating the residents whose diversity defined the now legendary institution in the second half of the 20th century. Stanley fostered a unique attitude of respect, tolerance and a willingness to accommodate all guests, regardless of their unconventional lives. As the gatekeeper of this creative enclave, his mission was to appreciate the need for professional and personal privacy and it is this incredible foresight and determination to create a safe haven for all types of creative genius that made him legendary and adored. Stanley Bard admired and respected the artists and writers frequenting and living at the Chelsea, and he especially appreciated their work. Among the works from his collection to be offered at auction May 16 include paintings by Tom Wesselmann and Larry Rivers, sculpture by Barry Flanagan, works on paper by Christo and Philip Taaffe, as well as examples by Karel Appel, Sidney Nolan and many others. Relics of a bygone era at the Chelsea, each of these works speaks to the extraordinary stories of the Hotel, as well as to the man who gathered, protected and nurtured the artists who helped define art, music, politics and culture of the 20th century. Freeman’s is honored to share these stories along with the singular role that Stanley Bard had in shaping them. Notable Lots in Freeman's May 16 Auction The Stanley Bard Collection: A Life at the Chelsea
Rogue Space | Chelsea 508-526 West 26th Street, 9E-9F May 2: 12pm -4pm May 3 - 4: 10am -5pm May 5: 10am - 3pm Philadelphia Exhibition Freeman's 1808 Chestnut Street May 11 - 12: 10am - 5pm May 13-14: 12pm - 5pm May 15: 10am - 5pm Auction Tuesday, May 16 at 6pm at Freeman's Images: Stanley Bard in front of The Hotel Chelsea, © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOFAM, Brussels; Tom Wesselmann (American 1931-2004) "Face #1." Estimate $600,000-800,000 Very sad to hear about the passing of Stanley Bard, long time manager of the Chelsea Hotel where I was lucky enough to live for three years before it's tumultuous end. He was the soul of the hotel and a legend in his own right and I'm forever privileged to have know him and called him a friend. I have several Stanley stories of my own, all going into my next book, The Last Chelsea Girl, which I'm currently writing. He may be gone, but he won't be forgotten.
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Me, my bum & my costumes, showgirls & nightclub in @voguemagazine Read all about the rise & fall of China's 1st burlesque nightclub in my award-winning book #DiaryofaShanghaiShowgirl #Amazon#Burlesque #nightclub #showgirls #Shanghai #China#book #memoir #truestory #Vogue #costumes#Chinatown #ChinatownDolls
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7 yrs ago today we made history opening Asia's 1st burlesque and cabaret nightclub, Gosney & Kallman's CHINATOWN! That night I never could've imagined the story I'd have to tell today, inspiring an award-winning book and show... Biggest love, biggest heartbreak. Glad we got out before it was too late.
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