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Abbey Marks Ben Cockrill Bill Cannady Cora Bess Meyer Julie Dokell Corey Walton Morgan Pearse Frank Butler Jamie Laguarta Julio Laguarta Brea Bradley Trang Cockrill Will Donnell Edward Persia April Fink Justin Fink Mike Villemarette Rosaliz Ufret Evelyn Vollmer- Prohaska Kirby Hatchett Sapna Mehta Anu Mehta A DALLIANCE WITH ART ANNE LEE PHILLIPS MOONLIGHTS AT THE MENIL. PHOTOGRAPHY JENNY ANTILL CLIFTON. F or art lovers, strolling a museum after-hours is tantamount to a dreamy date in Venice: The lights are low, conversational gambits surround, and there's a sense of the verboten. The Menil Collection's contributors had that special lark (skipping the clichéd Valentine's dinner) at Menil by Moonlight. Live jazz from Mike Wheeler Trio provided the mood as guests strolled the galleries during hours when the great doors are usually padlocked shut. The magnetic "Takis: The Fourth Dimension" exhibit was a draw — the Menil has the largest single group of Takis' works outside of Europe. Sparkling rosé and Jackson and Company heart-shaped sandwiches and macarons were a nod to the holiday for lovers. Joy Photo Booth's heart-and-arrow backdrop transformed the cozy kiosk into a de facto kissing booth, as both the young and young at heart posed for pics with sweethearts. Aesthetes: Menil director Josef Helfenstein, Joelle and Geoffroy Petit, Jamie and Julio Laguarta, Olivia and Edward Persia, Jo and Paul Zider, April and Justin Fink, Megan and Andrew Glisson, David Lardy, Rachel Meade, Susie Bowen, and Brayden Chiles. Sofia Nemchenko Sam Spiers Susie Bowen Brayden Chiles Joelle Petit Geoffroy Petit Olivia Persia HOUSTON'S PREMIER SELECTION OF FLOORING, COUNTERTOPS & WINDOW COVERINGS 2504 Bissonnet St. Houston, TX 77005 • (281)407-8968 • www.vbaf.com Family Owned Since 1952 Simpson Galleries Auctioneers of Fine Art & Antiques Est. 1962 6116 Skyline Drive, Suite 1, Houston, Texas 77057 | info@simpsongalleries.com www.simpsongalleries.com | Ray Simpson Lic. 6899 | 19.5% b.p. 20T H C E N T U RY D ES I G N AUCTION MAY 17, 2015 | LIVE & ONLINE Lot 280 A HANS WEGNER SWIVEL ARMCHAIR PRODUCED BY JOHANNES HANSEN, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, CIRCA 1955 Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 Sold for $12,000 September 28, 2013 Now seeking for auction works by – Georg Jensen, A. Michelsen, Hans Hansen, Allan Adler, Gertrud and Otto Natzler, Beatrice Wood, Hans Coper, Gunnar Nylund, Carl Harry Stalhane, Venini, Tapio Wirkkala, Arne Jacobsen, Isamu Noguchi, Antonio Pineda, Charles and Ray Eames, Florence Knoll, George Nelson, Jens Risom, Robin Day, Hans Wegner, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Ib Kofod-Larsen, and Eero Saarinen. For a complimentary auction valuation call 713.524.6751.