A MODERNIST MENAGERIE

Nieuwe Schilderingen in een 18e eeuws appartement

AMSTERDAM PIED A TERRE VAN DR PETER EN TINA HARF
_______________________________________

New Paintings in an 18th century Apartment

AMSTERDAM PIED A TERRE OF DR PETER AND TINA HARF

Keizersgracht | Amsterdam

A MODERNIST MENAGERIE

Mid 20th century modernist masterpieces as Charlotte Perriand's diningtable, the writingdesk by Jean Prouvé and his beautiful "Bahut" cabinet, accompanied by murals of coralfish and seaturtles, gecko's, cheetah's, and a giant Boa Constrictor.
Coty's President Peter Harf and his wife Tina, turned an 18th century monument into their Amsterdam Pied à Terre.
This stylish apartment blends a world class private collection of French and American modernist design classics with an environment of painted animals by Dutch artist Peter Korver

Serge Mouille's 1953 Ceiling light hovers over the iconic diningtable by Charlotte Perriand in the classic surroundings of this 18th century apartment.

بيتر كورفر أمستردام - فن التاريخ الطبيعي | الجداريات، والسقوف التي رسمها، جدار اللوحة

Peter Korver | Amsterdam

Boa Constrictor
Peter Korver | Amsterdam

Seven meters of Trompe l'oeil mural painting in the entrance hall

________________________________________________________

Een Trompe-l'oeil muurschildering van meer dan zeven meter in de entree.

“I WOULD LIKE SOME COMPANY FOR WHEN I’M WRITING”, Tina Harf asked during the initial discussions. And so the Amsterdam pied-à-terre she shares with husband Dr. Peter Harf is not only inhabited by modern masters such as Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouve and Tom Dixon, two propitious geckos also crawl above the writing-desk where Tina works as author Tina Grube. Within a mother-of-pearl palette of soft prism tones, the walls shift hues with every room. Two leopards stretch languorously in the kitchen. In the bathroom the softly hued turquoise walls fuse into a warm sea inhabited by inquisitive coral fish while the tentacles of translucent jellyfish billow gently on the current. A giant sea turtle swims overhead. In the adjoining blue bedroom evening falls and the ceiling stirs with celestial life. A meters long Boa Constrictor meanwhile glides along the violet-gray wall of the entrance hall - in answer to the distant echoes of the ornaments above the doorposts. It is the pièce de résistance. "I think she's a happy snake," Tina motions as we say our goodbyes.

_________________________________________________________

“I WOULD LIKE SOME COMPANY FOR WHEN I’M WRITING” vroeg Tina Harf tijdens de voorbesprekingen. En dus wordt het Amsterdamse pied-à-terre van haar en haar man Dr. Peter Harf niet alleen bevolkt door moderne meesters als Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouvé en Tom Dixon. Maar kruipen er ook twee gelukbrengende Gekko’s boven de schrijftafel, waaraan ze werkt als romancier Tina Grube.
De muren wisselen per kamer van kleur, binnen een parelmoeren palet van zachte prismatonen. In de roze keuken rekken twee jachtluipaarden zich behaaglijk uit, Terwijl In de badkamer de zacht turquoise muren oplossen tot een warme zee bevolkt door koraalvissen, transparante zwevende kwallen en een hoog overzwemmende Zeeschildpad.
Als de avond valt in de koel blauwe slaapkamer, is het plafond beschilderd met de nachtelijke sterrenhemel, terwijl in de entreehal als piece de resistance, een meters lange Boa Constrictor kronkelt over haar violet-grijze muur. Echo van de ornamenten boven de deurlijst.
“I think she’s a happy snake” zegt Tina bij het afscheid

|__________________________________________________________

Two of Korver's painted Gecko's crawl above a black and white Gustave Gauthier floorlight and a Hermes writingdesk by Pierre Guariche with Jean Prouvé's "Fauteuil Direction". A ceramic sculpture by Georges Jouve and a 1950's mannequin on top of Prouvé's 1951 "Bahut" cabinet. Sidetable and sofa by Greta Grossman and an assymetric Luther Conover coffeetable. The "Lotus Chair" by Erwin and Estelle Laverne takes the center of the stage.

__________________________________________________________