SOTHEBY’S AUCTIONS MARIANNE’S PERSONAL ARTEFACTS.

SOTHEBY’S AUCTIONS MARIANNE’S PERSONAL ARTEFACTS.

**SOTHEBY’S AUCTIONS MARIANNE’S PERSONAL ARTEFACTS.

Marianne said: ’Clothes have always been very important to me. To feel exquisitely dressed allowed me to become ‘Marianne Faithfull’ – to feel ready. I’ve known so many of the great designers and they were all necessary in helping me create the ‘fabulous beast’ – my public persona.

I got to know Karl a bit when I lived in Paris, and he would invite me to his shows. I love what he did at Chanel, and you can’t go wrong with a Chanel jacket, it’s like wearing professional armour. Fashion isn’t always practical, but a Chanel jacket is.’

The collection also includes an oil painting portrait of Henrietta Moraes by Maggi Hambling, several scripts from films starring Marianne such as The Black Rider and Marie-Antoinette directed by Sofia Coppola, handwritten lyrics for songs from some of Marianne’s most admired albums including Sleep, There Is A Ghost and Sex with Strangers; photographs of Marianne by the likes of Gered Mankowitz and Michael Cooper in two highly collectible monographs, vintage prints including one taken by her former husband John Dunbar on their honeymoon when Marianne was pregnant with their son, alongside concert set lists and posters.