LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company announce the highlights from its Design London April auction featuring 154 lots with a low estimate of £1,934,500/ $3,140,500 and a high estimate of £2,912,500/$4,728,202.
Phillips de Pury & Company’s Design department continue to demonstrate leadership in presenting important French, Italian, American and Scandinavian 20th-century design to the market.
“The current London Design auction builds on our recent successes by focussing in on a number of key areas of the market. Notably we are offering a particularly strong mid-century French group from pioneering Designers such as Jean Royere, Serge Mouille, Jean Prouve and Charlotte Perriand. We will also be showing some spectacular Italian works by Franco Albini, Anna Castelli Ferrieri, Gio Ponti and Max Ingrand and actual trends will be reflected with a selection of pieces by Contemporary Design superstars such as David Adjaye, Atelier Van Lieshout and Sebastian Brajkovic.” Alexander Payne, Worldwide Director of Design.
Highlights from the auction include:
Sebastian Brajkovic, ‘Lathe VIII’ chair, 2008 estimated at £40,000-60,000
Gio Ponti, Rare wall-mounted sculpture, c. 1946 estimated at £6,000-8,000
Max Ingrand, Large chandelier, model no. 2073, c. 1958 estimated at £4,000-6,000
Charlotte Perriand, Unique monumental ‘Bahut’ sideboard, from the Dr Georges
Ferran Estate, Cully, Calvados, France, 1959, estimated at £120,000-180,000
Max Ingrand, Rare chandelier, c. 1957, estimated at £8,000-12,000
Jean Royère, Daybed, c. 1955, estimated at£20,000-35,000
Jean Prouvé, ‘Cafétéria’ demountable table, model no. 511, from the Cafétéria des Arts et Métiers, Cité internationale universitaire, Paris, c. 1953, estimated at £25,000-28,000
Line Vautrin, Comète’ mirror, c. 1958, estimated at £15,000-20,000
Anna Castelli Ferrieri, Unique wall-mounted flower box, c. 1946, estimated at
£2,000-3,000
Gino Marotta, Unique ‘Viola d’amore’ wall light, 1967, estimated at £30,000-40,000
Gio Ponti, Rare mirror, c.1946, estimated at £15,000-20,000
AUCTION: APRIL 7, 2011, 4PM
VIEWING: APRIL 1 - 7 , 2011
LOCATION: Phillips de Pury & Company, Howick Place, London, SW1P 1BB
