A few months after her death in October at age 79, a curation of clothing, books, home furnishings, and movie memorabilia belonging to the great Diane Keaton is headed to auction, divided across four landmark sales at Bonhams this May and June.
“Diane Keaton was not simply a collector, but a consummate editor,” Anna Hicks, Bonhams’s US head of private and iconic collections, said in a release announcing Diane Keaton: The Architecture of an Icon on Monday morning. “Each piece—whether it be art, fashion, decor, or personal object—was chosen by her with remarkable precision and clarity, reflecting an innate instinct for composition, restraint, and meaning.”
Inside Keaton’s Sullivan Canyon home, a source of many of the sales’ major lots.
Photo: Ruvén Afanador, courtesy of Bonhams
To underscore the breadth and depth of the collection—which includes scripts and other production materials from Baby Boom (1987), Father of the Bride (1991), and The Godfather trilogy; clothing from Ralph Lauren, Thom Browne, Comme des Garçons, Bottega Veneta, Prada, Marni, and Gucci (not to mention some of Keaton’s famous hats); and artworks by the likes of Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, and her Reds and Something’s Gotta Give costar Jack Nicholson—the sales will be preceded by exhibitions in New York and Los Angeles.
A collage in Keaton’s home.
Photo: Ruvén Afanador, courtesy of Bonhams
