The final, and best (not to mention most expensive) bag featured today belongs to the Queen of Britart. WhiteCube Gallery in Hoxton Sq has its hands a very limited number of these exceptional, individual designs.
A bona-fide artwork, this was made by Emin in conjunction with Longchamp of Paris. As the gallery says:
Her unique world of intimacy and poetic avant-garde, combined with love and travel, have produced the story of an ‘International Woman’, travelling from one city to another, in search of an ‘international love’ with an ‘international man’.
Only 200 copies of this bag were made. They all carry a rosette with an Emin hand drawn Longchamp logo and a handwritten name of a street, city, or hotel which reminds her of a moment of love. Each rosette is therefore an original, signed by the artist.
Not suprisingly, such wondrous stuff carries a hefty price tag. £1830 in this instance, available here at White Cube Editions, if you’re lucky enough to have that sort of dosh lying around.
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July 9, 2007 at 11:23 am
Suitcase
Quite nice – you didn’t mention how big it was in your write up. Also, I mean, it looks pretty stylish and original, but how strong is the bag?
If you’re going to pay that price, it ought to be quality. It must not be a bag that you can’t use!! But just looks pretty on the shelf (what shelf? Where do you display a bag in your house anyway?)
Well… I guess if you have that kind of money, you have a display shelf for bags somewhere in your house as well. Truth be told, I could probably make a bag like that myself… but I’m not a world renowned artist.
August 17, 2007 at 7:35 am
oil paintings art
The price is quite expensive for a bag. I think just like all other simple products I’ve known this carried such an expensive price because it’s a bag made for a queen. Anyway, I want to know the material it is made of. Is it durable? It is water-resistant? What are its limitations or capacity?