Word: elegante
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Beyond the whimsy, serious prices were paid for Warhol's elegant furniture and glistening jewels. During the art-deco sale, a dealer shelled out $418,000 for a pair of circa-1920 console tables designed by French Craftsman Pierre Legrain, a record for his work. Heart-shaped ruby-and-diamond...
Another catalog eulogist, Lynne Warren, noting Sultan's commitment to formal painting and his commendable lack of interest in grabbing quotes from visual mass media, winds up with the startling claim that "his works are meditations on the possibilities of transcendent meaning for an audience that has forgotten . . . how to...
The showdown came at an emergency stockholders meeting demanded by De Benedetti and his allies, where more than 1,000 shareholders crowded into a carnival tent set up behind Societe Generale's elegant offices in Brussels. Despite a last-minute plea by De Benedetti, in which he argued that the...
The Sterling ad focuses more on an elegant, quasi-rural image of chic. The ad depicts the beige upholstery and warm wood trim of the car's interior--described in loving detail as "a secluded chamber of Connolly leather and burled walnut." A well-worn satchel and a map lie...
Another ad in this vein epitomizes the bizarre uses of literature as a commodity. It advertises Glenlivet, a brand of whisky. The ad portrays a tiny man climbing up on a bookshelf trying to reach a bottle of Glenlivet which has been lined up with leather-bound books and which...