Auction: Wed 26 May 2021
Exhibition: Fri 21 May 2021 - Tue 25 May 2021
76 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Important Design : Paris
Mon-Fri 10am-6pm
26 May 2021 | Paris | full auction details
Sotheby's is pleased to announce Important Design, the eagerly awaited spring event. The sale covers a range of decorative arts from the end of the 19th century to the present day, with important lots by Alberto Giacometti, Diego Giacometti, Janine Janet, Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne, Marc Newson, Maria Pergay, Gio Ponti, Jean Royère or Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann.
We will open the sale with remarkable pieces from a Parisian private collection, including a Nuage low table by Guy de Rougemont as well as works by Maarten Baas, Paul Evans, Zaha Hadid and Vladimir Kagan. Highlights of the sale will feature masterpieces with prestigious provenances, notably an Aux cariatides et aux atlantes table by Diego Giacometti commissioned from the artist for Henri Samuel and a Tête de femme floor lamp and two lamps by Alberto Giacometti from the former collection of Georges and Myrtille Hugnet.
Mid-century French design is equally celebrated through significant pieces by highly regarded artists such as Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Georges Jouve, Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand, Valentin Schlegel and Véra Szekely.
A focus on the Lalanne works will complete the sale with thirty-one lots, notably from the collection of Claude Lalanne’s godson. Among the pieces presented are two rare masterpieces by François-Xavier Lalanne a pair of Oiseaux de marbre tables and Grande carpe, an exceptional and monumental bronze sculpture.
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Florent JeanniardSenior DirectorHead of Department20th Century DesignSotheby's Europe+ 33 1 53 05 52 69FLORENT.JEANNIARD@SOTHEBYS.COM
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Alberto Giacometti Lampadaire Tête de femme
more detailsFrançois-Xavier Lalanne Singe II
more detailsDiego Giacometti Table aux Cariatides et Atlantes
more detailsGeorges Jouve Important Bonbonne Vase
more detailsGuy de Rougemont Table basse Nuage
more detailsFrançois-Xavier Lalanne Paire de table Oiseaux de marbre
more detailsJean Prouvé et Charlotte Perriand Bibliothèque
more detailsMaria Pergay Table de salle à manger Marie-Antoinette
more detailsFrançois-Xavier Lalanne Grande Carpe
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