Features
Beyond Face Value: The Ear Sofa and Nose Sconces by John Baldessari
Featured in our 5 June Design Auction in New York is a salon suite by the legendary Los Angeles conceptual artist.
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Dancer in the Dark: Voulkos’s Rasgeado
The masterpiece featured in our 5 June Design Auction in New York exemplifies the passionate musicality of the revolutionary ceramicist.
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A Beautiful Friendship
Discover works by Alberto and Diego Giacometti from the Estate of Diana F. Shapiro.
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Kate Malone and Secret Ceramics
The artist talks to Phillips about her work and charitable initiatives this London Craft Week.
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Crafting a Legacy: The Rise of Brazilian Modern Furniture Design
Many of its leading luminaries are featured in our Design London auction on 2 May.
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The Emergence of the Master
1960: Ettore Sottsass designs a series of "Mirrors with wooden frames" for Galleria Il Sestante, Milan.
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Past Auctions
Design
2 May 2024 • London
Design: Online Auction
22 February 2024 - 29 February 2024 • New York
Design
5 December 2023 • New York
Lucie Rie and Hans Coper, Exceptional Ceramics: Selections from the Estate of Jane Coper and the former Collection of Cyril Frankel
1 November 2023 • London
Design
31 October 2023 • London
Design: Online Auction
26 July 2023 - 2 August 2023 • New York
Videos
News and Results
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20 May 2024
Phillips Presents FREESTYLE: Living with Art & Design, Property from a Private New York Collection
Read MoreSingle-Owner Sale to be Sold on 5 June at 432 Park Avenue, Celebrating Both Established and Emerging Artists and Designers
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2 May 2024
Phillips’ London Design Sale Achieves £3.9 Million, Led by Diego Giacometti
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Sale Total: £3,909,623 / $4,892,893 / €4,572,304
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15 April 2024
Phillips Announces Highlights from the London Design Auction, Featuring Exceptional 20th Century French, Brazilian, and Italian Design
Read MoreSale on 2 May to be Led by Diego Giacometti, and Include Iconic Works by Joaquim Tenreiro and Ettore Sottsass
Design Department
Phillips' Design department offers exceptional examples of 20th and 21st century design including both functional furniture and conceptual works. We are a dominant global force, unified by an acute understanding of the market and international collecting trends. Our expertise includes European Modernism and Art Deco, French, Italian and Nordic Design, International and American Aesthetic Movement and Arts and Crafts, American Modernism and Studio Craft, contemporary design, architecture, glass and ceramics.
Phillips conducts seasonal Design sales in New York, London and Hong Kong. Expertly presented and thoughtfully curated, our auctions bring together sought-after works by masters such as Gio Ponti, Carlo Scarpa, Jean-Michel Frank, Charlotte Perriand, Finn Juhl, and Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne, among others.
We have achieved world record prices at auction for Peter Voulkos, Hans Coper, Jean Royère, Isamu Noguchi, Jean Dunand, Alberto Giacometti and Shiro Kuramata as well as celebrated contemporary designers such as Joris Laarman and Ingrid Donat.
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