Hi,
In my mad rush to get Day 2 Part 2 finished I ended up losing the post and now I have to do it all over again so if you sense some resentment in my tone... it isn't about the trip and it's not you. It is the sheer frustration of using an unstable website.
Anyway on to the rest of the day. So we have just finished lunch at Catherine Rose's house and jump back on the bus to go to Howard and Cindy Rachofsky's house. Their house was designed by Richard Meier and is a large imposing presence.
Every year for the past 21 years the Rachofskys have deinstalled their whole house (and I mean everything- art, furniture and everything except the bedroom) in order to have the Two x Two auction in the space. This auction raises money for the Dallas Museum of Art and for amFar, the AIDS research foundation. Over the lifetime of this Gala and auction they have raised $84 million dollars. It is a huge amount of work and a real show of dedication and civic pride for them to do this. When Cindy graciously greeted us at the door she admitted that by now they don't feel that they can ever stop doing this. I'm just glad we got to see this before they did decide to stop. For us it was a great treat to see the house and the auction items.
Below are views of the living room area of the house with the auction artwork installed. The little gathering of people is the AJF group by the jewelry. We had the place to ourselves!
We go up the stairs to Deedie's bedroom where she stores most of the jewelry that isn't displayed in other parts of the house.
First bedroom on the hall...
And now off to the Pump House for dinner.
In my mad rush to get Day 2 Part 2 finished I ended up losing the post and now I have to do it all over again so if you sense some resentment in my tone... it isn't about the trip and it's not you. It is the sheer frustration of using an unstable website.
Anyway on to the rest of the day. So we have just finished lunch at Catherine Rose's house and jump back on the bus to go to Howard and Cindy Rachofsky's house. Their house was designed by Richard Meier and is a large imposing presence.
Every year for the past 21 years the Rachofskys have deinstalled their whole house (and I mean everything- art, furniture and everything except the bedroom) in order to have the Two x Two auction in the space. This auction raises money for the Dallas Museum of Art and for amFar, the AIDS research foundation. Over the lifetime of this Gala and auction they have raised $84 million dollars. It is a huge amount of work and a real show of dedication and civic pride for them to do this. When Cindy graciously greeted us at the door she admitted that by now they don't feel that they can ever stop doing this. I'm just glad we got to see this before they did decide to stop. For us it was a great treat to see the house and the auction items.
Below are views of the living room area of the house with the auction artwork installed. The little gathering of people is the AJF group by the jewelry. We had the place to ourselves!
Lisa Walker piece- my choice
Herman Hermsen necklace
Here are some of my favorite pieces that are up for auction. If you are interested in any of this or to see more you can find the auction online here http://twoxtwo.org/catalogue/2019/.
Yun Hyong Keun- who was in my Venice blog in the wonderful Palazzo Fortuny
Alex Katz
Liza Lou
Wangechi Mutu
Tony Matelli- this is painted bronze- life size weed
So we did a little damage at the auction and got on the bus to go back to the hotel for a some rest and to get ready for the evening at the home of Deedie Rose. She invited us to come and look at her jewelry and art collection and to have dinner in the building next to her house called the Pump House which she uses for non-profit meetings and as an entertainment space.
The house was designed by Antoine Predock and Deedie said it was a six year long process which she loved. It is an amazing place which these images don't really capture. You just had to be there. The exterior looks like a temple with large stones forming levels of green growing areas.
Entry
Entrance Hall
Living room
Entrance hall display
It was kind of impossible to take good images of the display but it was a magnificent grouping of all gold work. Deedie did go to the trouble of labeling every piece so if you see a label in the image you can enlarge it and read the artists name.
There are all necklaces- so clever
Can you find the brooch in this image?
In the bedroom...
In the storage area behind the bed
Earrings
So that gives you a little flavor of what Deedie has. And as we explore the rest of the house there is more jewelry.
In the second bedroom on the hall.
And now off to the Pump House for dinner.
The one piece of jewelry in the Pump House is by Iris van Herpen, the fashion designer.
So after a wonderful dinner we are at the end of a totally incredible day. This is the kind of day you only get once in a lifetime. I am so grateful to the 4 women who made it happen and especially to Deedie who was the planner without which it would not have happened. Thank you Deedie.
That's all folks.
xox,
Susan
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