Billings Presents Richard Prince Tweets and Modern Swedish Furniture in Upcoming Sale

Billings will present its 363-lot Fall Modern Art + Design Auction in mid-September. Leading the catalog is a set of five prints by American artist Richard Prince. The prints belong to the artist’s Family Tweets series, a 2017 project that transformed a series of 2014 tweets into visual art, which was displayed first in Coachella Valley and later with Gagosian. Prince crafted the 2014 tweets as his first formal social media project. He shared appropriated photos of strangers and celebrities with commentary beneath. The available prints comment on Prince’s “cousins” and a “sister-in-law.” Each artwork is signed in the lower right. 

A selection of fine furniture will also come to auction with Billings this fall. Among the top furniture lots in the upcoming sale is an Axel Einar Hjorth “Uto” table produced by Nordiska Kompaniets Verkstader, Sweden. The Swedish architect and designer was known for his work with oak and birch. Hjorth’s designs came to influence the Scandinavian Modernist aesthetic that arose in the 20th century. The offered table comes to auction in good original condition and dates back to the 1930s. A pair of two armchairs designed by Pierre Jeanneret for Punjab University in Chandigarh, India are also available, as well as furniture items designed by Philip + Kelvin LaVerne, Jorge Zalszupin, Hans Hollein, and others. Visit Billings’ website to browse the complete Fall Modern Art + Design Auction catalog and register to bid.