Jun 20, 2019 - Sale 2514

Sale 2514 - Lot 261

Price Realized: $ 78
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 100 - $ 150
SWATCH COMPANY / DAVID LACHAPELLE


"Time Tranny."

Plastic case: width 1 1/4 inches 3.4 cm, case height: 1 1/2 inches, 3.9 cm.; case thickness 1/2 inch, 0.9 cm. Few thin cracks and one half-inch chip to top of case (piece preserved). Swatch Inc., 2000.

Additional Details

"LaChapelle's creation for Swatch features a picture of the extravagant model and transsexual icon, Amanda Lepore. Surrounded by the blue and gold nimbus of a King Tut-like headdress, her face radiates a red-lipsticked smile. The strap is printed with various collaged images—a racy red car crash, a near-nude model. With all its red-nailed, performed femininity, this watch has as much going on as a fashion socialite, from the glitzy red, blue and gold palette to Lepore's arched, flawlessly painted eyebrows. Humorously titled Time Tranny (GZ163), this irresistible piece is the delightful and surprising work from a provocative and edgy artist"--Swatch, Inc.