Nina, 2025
For Gabriela Hearst
Handbag, hand-painted by the artist and screened on double-faced duchess satin
From an edition of 25 unique variants
Each signed and numbered on a black card inserted in the inside pocket
Screen Printed by Dyenamix
Published by Sharon Coplan
To benefit the Nina Simone Childhood Home
Adam Pendleton and Gabriela Hearst present a limited edition of twenty-five hand-painted Nina bags that collapse the boundaries between painting, sculpture, and design. Named in tribute to Nina Simone, Hearst’s iconic Nina silhouette becomes a portable canvas in Pendleton’s hands. Each bag is entirely unique.
Hand-painted by the artist and screen printed on double-faced duchess satin, each example carries the layered gestures, fragments, and forms that define Pendleton’s practice. His compositions begin on paper, where paint, spray paint, ink, watercolor, and text are layered and reworked before being translated through screen printing. The result positions the Nina not simply as an accessory, but as an art object and site for painterly intervention.
Proceeds from the edition benefit the Nina Simone Childhood Home in Tryon, North Carolina, which Pendleton helped purchase in 2017 to preserve Simone’s legacy. The home has been restored by the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The edition was published by Sharon Coplan and presented at the Sotheby’s Salon at the Breuer Building in New York.
