Christie's is holding the auction entitled " Design » on May 26, 2023, which will offer approximately 200 lots from various private collections with a combined estimate of €5 million to €7 million.
Featuring Charlotte Perriand et Jean Prouvé, the sale will celebrate the richness and diversity of French designers before the New York Design design sale on June 3 where Jean Royère will be in the spotlight. Originality of the Parisian auction… some thirty lots from Charlotte Perriand's Arches for various locations in the Savoyard mountain resort. By taking into account this key moment in the designer's work, the sale is in keeping with the spirit of the major retrospective dedicated to her by the Fondation Louis Vuitton, which fully showcased her design, which is so central to the history of the discipline. In this spirit, this auction, mainly for female designers, brings together lots of Janette Laverrière, Line Vautrin, Denyse Gatard et Claude Lalanne.
Offering both a Free-form desk de Charlotte Perriand (Estimate 200-000 euros) and the rare Presidential Office de Jean Prouvé (Estimate €250-000), the sale also pays tribute to the complicity of influence, inspiration and admiration between the two iconic creators whose work is closely linked. In addition to around twenty lots of Jean Prouvé, Paul Dupré-Lafon in 1947 created a very beautiful costume for one of his clients, a selection of ceramics from Georges Jouve and several works by Diego Giacometti, with estimates ranging from 200 to 000 euros.
Charlotte Perriand – Les Arcs
Les Arcs is the great adventure of the architect designer Charlotte PerriandOriginally from Savoy, she devoted herself to mountain life from the 1930s and made a major contribution to popularizing winter sports. On May 26, Christie's will offer several works from Les Arcs, at the heart of the sale. Design, selected by several collectors. This corpus allows us to grasp the full depth and breadth of the work produced by Charlotte Perriand between 1967 and 1989.
Revisiting her free forms, which she puts into variation (Thrush Needle Table, Console bench from the La Cascade residence), adapting materials traditionally used for the construction of chalets such as fir, imagining solutions for small spaces (Japanese step staircase) or reusing his favorite color range… blue (Medicine cabinet), red and green, Charlotte Perriand constantly reinvents himself to create pieces that can be considered his great work.
The achievements of Charlotte Perriand for Les Arcs, classified by the Ministry of Culture as Remarkable contemporary architecture, synthesize the human and environmental values that underpin much of her heritage and current life. On May 26, they will therefore have their place alongside the designer's signature pieces, the Mexico Library (est. 100.000-200.000 euros), the Free Form Coffee Table (est. 70.000-90.000 euros) or the day bed of the House of Brazil (15-000 euros).
Women Designers
Besides the iconic Charlotte Perriand, other female figures of modernity are also on the sale program Design. This is particularly the case of Janette Laverrière, Franco-Swiss designer whose work at the crossroads of movement Modern and movement Art Deco, is best known for a set Buffet (est. 8.000-12.000 euros), Humanist (est. 7.000-9.000 euros) from a special order unique on the market. The list of creators of the auction also includes the names of Claude Lalanne, Line Vautrin – with around fifteen lots, including one Rare mirror (est. 100-000 euros) – or Denyse Gatard, the sister of Georges Jouve, a ceramist from the 150s-000s.
Jean Prouvé
From an important private collection, a remarkable Office of the President (est. 250-000 euros) and a Executive chair (est. 70-000 euros) are among the most emblematic works of Jean Prouvé, offered for sale. A global icon of the discipline, Jean Prouvé was recently given a huge retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo. Office of the President occupied a prominent place there. It is also the flagship lot among around fifteen works by Jean Prouvé. Among the most important lots in this selection, we also find several iconic pieces by the designer from the house of Jean Prouvé's daughter, Françoise Gauthier, in Saint-Dié-Vosges, including the two Metropole Visitor armchairs N.350 (Est 150.000-200.000 euros each) and a Sideboard furniture with two sliding doors (est. 80-000 euros).
Paul Dupré-Lafon
For its impeccable elegance and its love of natural materials like leather, Paul Dupré-Lafon is known for his collaborations with the Hermès HouseHe is a highly regarded interior designer among the stars and the author of numerous prestigious projects for private mansions and residences. Created around 1947, the eight lots offered for auction have never left the site where they were designed. The set includes a Bar (est. 5-000 euros), a Set of Chairs (est. 20-000 euros) or even Wall lamps (est. 15-000 euros).
Georges Jouve
A collection of figurative works by Georges Jouve, from a private collection in Marseille, illustrates his creative diversity and aesthetic research from the mid-1940s to the 1950s. Georges Jouve's vases, which combine decorative and sculptural approaches, are particularly appreciated by collectors, such as this pitcher The big woman with breasts (est. 20-000 euros). pairs of deer candelabra and Team Mermaid wall lights (estimated at 10-000 euros each) also illustrate the spirit of Georges Jouve's work.
Les Lalanne
With undeniable success, the Lalanne are today among the most sought-after designers by collectors worldwide. Following the resounding success of the sale Sculpting Paradise from the Collection of Madame Marie Lalanne in New York last December, the sale of 15 lots will shed new light on this unique allegory of this illustrious creative couple. Among them, The Perched Owl (est. 200-000 euros) or The Three Geese of Sarlat (est. 300-000 euros) by François-Xavier Lalanne or the Lotus and Monkey Table by Claude Lalanne (est. 300-000 euros).
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Captions of the works
Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999), Collection of pieces created by Charlotte Perriand for Les Arcs. © Christie's images limited 2023
Jean Prouvé (1901-1984), in situ Bureau Présidence N. 201, the model created in 1948 then adapted in 1953, painted folded steel sheet, wood, stainless steel and painted aluminum 74,5 x 246 x 146 cm, Est. €250-000 © DR Christie's images limited 350
Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999), in situ Bureau en forme, the model created around 1947, fir and aluminum sheet, 73 x 221 x 102 cm, Est. €200-000 © DR Christie's images limited 300
Janette Laverrière (1909-2011), Library Special order, Indian rosewood, Rio rosewood, painted sipo, brass and gilt bronze, 262 x 366 x 142,5 cm, Est. €7-000 © Christie's images limited 9
Georges Jouve (1910-1964), in situ Pair of Mermaid wall lights, circa 1940, Glazed ceramic, each: 33 x 31 x 19 cm, Est. €15-000 © DR Christie's images limited 20
Georges Jouve (1910-1964), in situ Pitcher The Tall Woman with Breasts, 1950, Glazed and crackled ceramic, 44 x 25,5 x 31 cm, Est. €20-000© DR Christie's images limited 30
Georges Jouve (1910-1964), insitu Plat, circa 1940, Glazed and crackled ceramic 5,5 x 23 x 23 cm, Est. €4–000 © DR Christie's images limited 6
Georges Jouve (1910-1964), insitu Pair of Stag candelabra, circa 1940, Glazed ceramic, 44,5 x 28,5 x 22,5 cm, Est. €10–000 © DR Christie's images limited 15
Georges Jouve (1910-1964), insitu Tobacco pot, circa 1940, Glazed ceramic, 15 x 21 x 21 cm, Est. €4–000 © DR Christie's images limited 6
Georges Jouve (1910-1964), insitu Lamp, circa 1940, Glazed ceramic, Without shade: 28 x 14 x 15 cm, With shade: 14,5 x 12 x 9 cm Est. €3–000 © DR Christie's images limited 5
Georges Jouve (1910-1964), insitu Plat, circa 1940, Glazed ceramic, 11 x 40,5 cm, Est. €6–000 © DR Christie's images limited 8
Georges Jouve (1910-1964), insitu Plat, circa 1940, Glazed ceramic, 5 x 34,5 x 28,5 cm, Est. €5–000 © DR Christie's images limited 7
Line Vautrin (1913-1997), Mirror, the model created around 1960, Talosel, mirror inlays and witch mirror, 41,5 cm, Est. €100-000 © Christie's images limited 150
Claude Lalanne (1925-2019), Lotus and Monkey Table, 1991, Gilt bronze, 74 x 112 cm, Est. €300-000 © Christie's images limited 500
Diego Giacometti (1902-1985), Cradle table, model with cats, the model created around 1970, Patinated bronze and glass, 56 x 129 x 40 cm, Est. €400-000 © Christie's images limited 600
