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Michael Jackson on horseback portrait sells at auction
A portrait depicting Michael Jackson on horseback, dressed in regal garb and attended by two cherubs, has been sold at auction for $175,000, a US art gallery said.
Equestrian Portrait of King Philip II," commissioned by the late pop star, who died on June 25, was sold to a German collector at the Art Basel show, said Kathy Grayson from New York's Deitch Projects gallery.
The large portrait, which Jackson never saw in its finished form, measures 3.51 (11.5 feet) by 3.1 meters (10.1 feet), and is the work of New York-based artist Kehinde Wiley.
"I was receiving messages saying Michael Jackson wants to reach you," said Wiley of being commissioned for the work in 2008.
"I ignored them because quite honestly I thought it was a prank," she told the art show's daily publication.
"Unfortunately, I didn't have as much input as I would have hoped for, but I think it's something he would have been proud of."
After speaking with Jackson, Wiley sent him a number of historical paintings to base the painting on.
"I think that his idea of collaborating with me was something that he really wanted to see through," Wiley said.
"I felt a responsibility to him to get it done (after he died)," she added.
The global economic slowdown has put the screws on lavish art sales as collectors put off laying out large sums for works, although Grayson said sales this year "were better... than in 2008."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...n-on-horseback-portrait-sells-at-auction.html
A portrait depicting Michael Jackson on horseback, dressed in regal garb and attended by two cherubs, has been sold at auction for $175,000, a US art gallery said.
Equestrian Portrait of King Philip II," commissioned by the late pop star, who died on June 25, was sold to a German collector at the Art Basel show, said Kathy Grayson from New York's Deitch Projects gallery.
The large portrait, which Jackson never saw in its finished form, measures 3.51 (11.5 feet) by 3.1 meters (10.1 feet), and is the work of New York-based artist Kehinde Wiley.
"I was receiving messages saying Michael Jackson wants to reach you," said Wiley of being commissioned for the work in 2008.
"I ignored them because quite honestly I thought it was a prank," she told the art show's daily publication.
"Unfortunately, I didn't have as much input as I would have hoped for, but I think it's something he would have been proud of."
After speaking with Jackson, Wiley sent him a number of historical paintings to base the painting on.
"I think that his idea of collaborating with me was something that he really wanted to see through," Wiley said.
"I felt a responsibility to him to get it done (after he died)," she added.
The global economic slowdown has put the screws on lavish art sales as collectors put off laying out large sums for works, although Grayson said sales this year "were better... than in 2008."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...n-on-horseback-portrait-sells-at-auction.html
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1992 - Michael Jackson's single "Heal The World" was released. This version of the single contained a version of "Heal The World" with an into.
1992 - Michael Jackson and the Cleveland Orchestra came to a settlement over Jackson's alleged unauthorized use of the orchestra's Beethoven's Ninth recording for the album "Dangerous."
1993 - In Tel Aviv, Israel, LaToya Jackson said "I can't remain silent. I love him bu I cannot and will not be a silent collaborator (in) his crimes against small innocent children. You tell me what 35-year old man is goint to take a little boy...and stay with him for five days in his room?" Jackson was referring to the current child-molestation allegations surrounding her brother Michael.
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