NIKKI HASKELL | Collage # 2 | accumulation through mid-1990s
Date: collection through 1990s
Central Text Document (Pencil Draft by LeRoy Neiman): “To Nikki, the one — the only — the incomparable — the kind of woman no man can ever forget. with all my love, LeRoy”
Assembled Ephemera Items: Two original VIP badges for Studio 54, a Le Club 90 automobile emblem, a Castel membership card, an official Egon von Fürstenberg fashion show invitation, an original backstage VIP pass for the Rick James tour, international press credentials for the Cannes Film Festival, and vintage campaign buttons for Gerald Ford (1976) and Ross Perot (1992). Features a lower centerpiece of a miniature rhinestone-encased Mercedes convertible spilling mock currency beneath a "Beverly Hills" emblem.
Medium: unique 1/1 multimedia archival memory capsule and ephemera layout presented in a deep box acrylic frame.
Dimensions: 20.25 x 16.5 x 1.5 inches
Provenance: Sold directly from her estate by Red Fox
Gallery Note: While a standard retrospective relies on photographs to tell a story, this extraordinary 1/1 shadow box serves as a living, physical biography of the "Queen of New York Nightlife." Every single pass, invitation, and token pinned inside this frame represents a moment where Nikki Haskell stood at the absolute epicenter of fashion, politics, and entertainment history. The anchor of the entire piece is the beautifully preserved pencil draft by LeRoy Neiman. Neiman, who famously painted Haskell dozens of times and illustrated her legendary birthday invitations, perfectly summarizes her cultural gravity in just a few lines of script. Surrounding his letter is an unmatched timeline of 1980s and 90s iconography spanning from the dance floor of Studio 54 to the VIP tents of the Cannes Film Festival. For the serious collector of Americana, pop art, and celebrity history, this assemblage is a museum-grade time capsule that cannot be replicated.
$12,000
