MICHAEL CRICHTON KNOWS ART...DO YOU KNOW MICHAEL?

The front of Christie's on Camden Drive in Beverly Hills, CA.

A book display of some of Writer Michael Crichton's books

Last Friday at Christie’s in Beverly Hills they honored the Collection of the late Michael Crichton. Best-selling author and screenwriter, film director and producer, Crichton is renowned for his terrifying and sometimes controversial scientific thrillers such as The Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park, Timeline, The Lost World, Rising Sun, and State of Fear, and for creating the television series ER. Crichton is also acknowledged as a leading authority on the American artist Jasper Johns.

Christie’s unveiled the major works from the Collection, with a public exhibition of 50 highlights with key works by Andreas Gursky, David Hockney, Jasper Johns, Jeff Koons, Claes Oldenburg, Pablo Picasso, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Mark Tansey, Wayne Thiebaud, and Andy Warhol.  On public view together for the first time ever, the works will be on exhibition from Friday 5 March to Friday 12 March at Christie’s Los Angeles Galleries.

You really began to understand how amazing of an eye Michael Crichton had as you view his art through his selections.  I felt honored to be in the presence of such astonishing art work.

Claes Oldenburg’s, Alphabet/Good Humor Edition, 1975

Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Mao. Painted in 1973, Mao is a fine example of Warhol’s greatest & most sensational portrait series of the 1970s.Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Mao. Painted in 1973, Mao is a fine example of Warhol’s greatest & most sensational portrait series of the 1970s.

Pablo Picasso Femme a la Robe Rose oil on canvas 39 3/8 x 31 7/8 inches Painted in 1917.Jeff KoonsJASPER JOHNS (b. 1930) Flag encaustic & newspaper collage on paper laid down on canvas 17 ½ x 26 ¾ in. Painted in 1960-1966