Whom You Know: Jack Lenor Larsen Exhibition and Sale -- March 10-12

Friday, March 4, 2011

Jack Lenor Larsen Exhibition and Sale -- March 10-12

From Thursday, March 10th through Saturday, March 12th LongHouse Reserve will be holding a very exciting exhibition and sale of Rare Treasures from the personal collections of Jack Lenor Larsen at Roberto Dutesco’s Wild Horses of Sable Island Gallery in New York. This is a one of a kind event for Mr. Larsen and for LonghHouse Reserve, the extraordinary museum, garden, and sculpture park he founded in East Hampton, NY.

Jack Lenor Larsen is a world-renowned innovator in fabric design and its technologies whose colors, materials and weaves established the standards for superlative modern textiles and have become synonymous with modern 20th century design at its pinnacle of style and sophistication. More than a weaver, Mr. Larsen is a scholar, world traveler, and an authority on traditional and contemporary crafts. Known as an innovator, Mr. Larsen has won many awards and is one of the four Americans ever to be honored with an exhibition as the Palais du Louvre.

The evening will showcase exceptional tribal rugs, ethnographic textiles, decorative arts, pottery, modern crafts, basketry & books including items Mr. Larsen has collected through years of traveling and pieces he has created himself. There will be more than 50 items available ranging from $250 to $13,000 in price. Some of these valuable items include a Quilted Silk Hanging fabricated by Larsen for the Sears Tower, a Quilted Silk Robe from Uzbekistan and line with Russian printed cotton purchased in Afghanistan in the 70s among many other timeless pieces.

An Exclusive Benefit Preview Party will be held on Thursday, March 10th from 6pm-9pm, followed by an open house and sale on Friday, March 11th and Saturday, March 12th from 12pm to 6pm at the Roberto Dutesco’s Wild Horses of Sable Island Gallery. Dutesco’s gallery is located on Crosby Street in SoHo, the artists’ headquarters of New York.

All proceeds from the evening will benefit LongHouse Reserve’s public programs which include docent-led school tours, festivals, curriculum and family-activity guides, and workshops.

EVENT: Exhibition and Final Sale of Rare Treasures from the private collection of

Jack Lenor Larsen

DATE/TIME: March 10th, 6pm – 9pm; March 11th & 12th 12pm to 6pm

LOCATION: The Wild Horses of Sable Island Gallery, 13 Crosby Street, New York, NY 10013

ITEMS: Tribal rugs, ethnographic textiles, decorative arts, pottery, modern crafts, basketry & books

BENEFICIARY: LongHouse Reserve

SPECIAL THANKS: Jack Lenor Larsen, Roberto Dutesco, and The Wild Horses of Sable Island Gallery

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TICKETS: $100; to purchase preview evening tickets please email events@longhouse.org or Joanne Sohn at 631.329.3568

About LongHouse Reserve:

Through its arboretum, sculpture gardens and programs, LongHouse Reserve brings together art and nature, aesthetics and spirit, with a strong conviction that the arts are central to living wholly and creatively. LongHouse Reserve is a not-for-profit museum that encompasses nearly 16 beautiful acres in East Hampton, New York. Each year the LongHouse Reserve presents major exhibitions in both the pavilion and the gardens. Currently, there are more than 60 sculptures for the gardens including works of glass by Dale Chihuly, ceramics by Takaezu, and bronzes by Barcelo, Voulkos, Benglis and de Kooning. Works by Ossorio, Claus Bury, Yoko Ono, Opocensky, and Takashi Soga are also on view, while the installation of a Fly's Eye Dome designed by Buckminster Fuller and a site-specific Sol Lewitt add interesting scale and dimension. For more information: www.longhouse.org

LongHouse Reserve will be open from April 30 to October 8, Weds & Sat, 2-5pm, and Weds through

Sat, 2-5pm July & August.

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