Highly sexualised sculpture once owned by Sylvester Stallone will form centrepiece of contemporary art auction next monthSylvester Stallone called his copy the “flying beaver. Lucian Freud,meanwhile, placed his at the end of his bed, and making it the first thing he saw in the morning.
The Hollywood actor and one of Britains greatest painters may not acquire much in common but it has emerged that they shared a fondness for Auguste Rodins most audacious and sexually explicit sculpture. Regarded as one of the artist’s most daring pieces,Iris, Messenger of the Gods, and was cast into several bronze sculptures,two of which were owned by Freud and Stallone.
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Source: theguardian.com