Kate Moss, do you know her ?

[Pierre Tavlitzki]

Here is an unexpected artist at auction. To be visible in contemporary art, you need to have a high mediatic sense. Nobody can deny that Kate Moss is so gifted. When the material used is original, and when the title and the subject refer to one of the many known episodes of the love life of the artist, the fans should be excited.

However, it is almost by chance that I found for you on the web a canvas "painted" in lipstick and blood by Kate Moss, 122 x 91 cm, lot 160 of the sale organized by the Scottish auction house Lyon and Turnbull in London this September 27.

Created in 2005-2006, the work is entitled WHO NEEDS BLOOD WHEN YOU'VE GOT LIPSTICK. In a few draws, we see a young lying woman smoking a cigar or cigarette. The painting was completed using the blood of the artist's lover, the singer Pete Doherty. From all points of view, this is called mixed ...

The databases that I visit do not find any previous auction result of this young and promising artist! This does not prevent the auction house to expect 30 K £, a price that many other artists of her age (34 years) would be happy to reach for their works!

[Pierre Tavlitzki]

The work of Kate Moss was sold 28 K£ excluding fees. In the last few days before the sale, it had begun to excite the newspapers.

The result is visible on the site of the auction house, which is the best possible source of information. What we can also read about the happenings of this sale and the possible identity of the anonymous buyer is for the people's press.