"Freedom Or Death" KAKANIAS, Konstantin (SIGNED) (SOLD) Society Frame Sz: 14"H x 17

Frame Sz: 14"H x 17 3/4"W

This fascinating account of the development of the necktie from the 1670s to the present draws on contemporary pictorial and written sources as well as featuring stunning photographs of ties from the Victoria & Albert Museum's world famous dress collection

The definitive book on the use of Galuchat as a luxurious material for objects and furniture

Art Sz: 17"H x 21"W

Fernand Léger

"Freedom Or Death" KAKANIAS, Konstantin (SIGNED) (SOLD) Society Frame Sz: 14"H x 17KAKANIAS, Konstantin Jane Stubbs 1996 In 1996 Kakanias introduced his fictional heroine Mrs. Tependris for an illustrated New York Times Magazine article. Mrs. Tependris, Kakanias' "alter ego," is a caricature of an art collector and a high society doyenne who Kakanias uses as "a metaphor for the state of contemporary art and its superficial reception by the public". Mrs. Tependris has become a cult figure in the art community. In 1997 he created his