Lot 75
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NICOLETTE MEERES (BRITISH, B. 1938)
NICOLETTE MEERES (BRITISH, B. 1938)
NICOLETTE MEERES (BRITISH, B. 1938)
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Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's… Read more THE COLLECTION OF NICOLO CASTELLINI BALDISSERA: TANGIER AND LONDON LOTS 75-131Born in Milan to a family of architects, designers and entrepreneurs, Nicolò has spent his life travelling and collecting. He works as an interior designer, and participates in the running of the family businesses, which include Casa degli Atellani, Fondazione Piero Portaluppi, and the fabric company C & C Milano, which his father, the architect Piero Castellini Baldissera, co-founded. Additionally, Nicolò has recently published his first book Inside Tangier with photographer Guido Taroni (Vendome Press). As a child, growing up in the shadow of two great-grandfathers: the famed modernist architect Piero Portaluppi, and the composer Giacomo Puccini, aesthetics took on an outsized role in Nicolò’s upbringing. It was through these two families that Nicolò was introduced to objects and art. The pieces in this sale represent a life lived in Milan, Paris, Gstaad —and most recently: Tangier and London. Nicolò first came to Tangier as a child in the mid-1980s sailing from France. but t wasn’t until just over ten years ago, that he returned, and built his house (published in World of Interiors, July 2015 and June 2017). A constant oscillation between Morocco and England has allowed Nicolò to procure objects of both traditional sophistication and decorative eccentricity. The pieces here are a portion of his collection and capture the colourful eclecticism for which he is known.
NICOLETTE MEERES (BRITISH, B. 1938)

Portrait of a young gentleman seated on a sofa (i); and a portrait of a young gentleman seated on a bed (ii)

Details
NICOLETTE MEERES (BRITISH, B. 1938)
Portrait of a young gentleman seated on a sofa (i); and a portrait of a young gentleman seated on a bed (ii)
signed, inscribed and dated 'El ROS...NICOLETTE MEERES 89' (lower left) (i), in inlaid frames
oil on board
25 ¼ x 25 ¼ in. (64.1 x 64.1 cm.)
(2)
Provenance
The Collection of the late Bill Willis, Tangier.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent. These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime. Import VAT is payable (at 5%) on the Hammer price. VAT is also payable (at 20%) on the buyer’s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis. When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country, he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction.

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Lot Essay

Bill Willis (1937-2009) was one of the legendary figures of Tangier life in the second half of the twentieth-century. Arriving in Tangier in the 1960s established himself as a latter-day orientalist designer working for clients such as J. Paul Getty Jr., Marella Agnelli and perhaps most notably Pierre Bergé and Yves Saint Laurent.

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