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Important Design

28 May 2019 | 11:00 AM CEST | Paris

SALE TOTAL

16,246,625EUR
Browse Lots
  • 109
    Jean-Michel Frank
    Pair of armchairs
    LOT SOLD.1,572,500EUR
  • 162
    Diego Giacometti
    Bench
    LOT SOLD.1,212,500EUR
  • 192
    Claude Lalanne
    Crocodile armchair
    LOT SOLD.1,152,500EUR
  • 200
    François-Xavier Lalanne
    Troupeau from the Nouveaux Moutons series
    LOT SOLD.792,500EUR
  • 195
    Claude Lalanne
    Unique mirror
    LOT SOLD.672,500EUR
  • 62
    Alphonse Mucha
    La Nature
    LOT SOLD.672,500EUR
  • 199
    Claude Lalanne
    Unique Choupatte
    LOT SOLD.612,500EUR
  • 184
    François-Xavier Lalanne
    Grand Échassier lamp
    LOT SOLD.432,500EUR
  • 140
    Charlotte Perriand
    Nuage bookcase, special order
    LOT SOLD.372,500EUR
  • 106
    Alberto Giacometti
    Masque aux serpents sconce
    LOT SOLD.372,500EUR
Browse Lots
Sale Number: PF1904 Lots : 214

SALE TOTAL

16,246,625EUR DOWNLOAD RESULTS

Sessions

  • Session 1: 28 May 2019 | 11:00 AM | Lots 1 - 42
  • Session 2: 28 May 2019 | 02:30 PM | Lots 43 - 180
  • Session 3: 28 May 2019 | 06:30 PM | Lots 181 - 215
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'Cultivating a Metallic Garden', A Crafted Menagerie and the Beauty of Natural Forms at Atelier Lalanne

The Rediscovery of a Rare Bust by Art Nouveau Master Alphonse Mucha

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The Important Design sale on 28 May will offer a broad selection of 20th-century European and French pieces in three sessions. Art Nouveau, Art Deco, 1940s to 1970s and Contemporary Design will be celebrated with pieces from some of the greatest artists of their time, most notably Charlotte Perriand, Alphonse Mucha, Jean Prouvé, Jean Royère, Diego Giacometti, Jean-Michel Frank or Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne. 

The catalogue opens with a first session dedicated to the design of the 1980s and 1990s wonderfully reflected by designers such as Tom Dixon, André Dubreuil, Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti.

The incredible and recent discovery of an unseen masterpiece by Alphonse Mucha, La Nature, 1889-1900, brings the number of known copies of this pieceto seven, rather than the six previously acknowledged.

The selection continues with a group of pieces by Jean-Michel Frank and his circle: Christian Bérard, Emilio Terry, Salvador Dalí and Alberto Giacometti.

The iconic pieces by French artists of the 20th century, Jean Royère, Charlotte Perriand and Jean Prouvé will then lead the way to the contemporary section of the sale and its flagship lot, an Orgone chair of 1993 by Marc Newson.

'Cultivating a Metallic Garden', A Crafted Menagerie and the Beauty of Natural Forms at Atelier Lalanne

The Rediscovery of a Rare Bust by Art Nouveau Master Alphonse Mucha

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Florent Jeanniard
Senior Director
Head of Department
20th Century Design
Sotheby's Europe
+ 33 1 53 05 52 69
florent.jeanniard@sothebys.com
Elie Massaoutis
Director
International Specialist
20th Century Design
+33 1 53 05 52 80
elie.massaoutis@sothebys.com
Laetitia Contat-Desfontaines
Director
Head of Sale
20th Century Design
+44 207 293 5568
l.contatdesfontaines@sothebys.com
Agathe de Bazin
Junior Specialist
20th Century Design
+33 1 53 05 52 52
agathe.debazin@sothebys.com
Marion Doireau
Administrator
20th Century Design
+33 1 5305 5333
marion.doireau@sothebys.com
Lauranne Bacci
Administrator
Design & Expert Liaison
Fashion
+33 1 53 05 53 22
lauranne.bacci@sothebys.com
   
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