Download PDF PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE DESIGN HIGHLIGHTS FROM ITS SPRING AUCTION
FEATURING EXCEPTIONAL WORKS BY LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE, DIEGO GIACOMETTI, ÈMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN, CHARLOTTE PERRIAND, JEAN ROYÈRE, LUCIE RIE AND SERGE MOUILLE
IMPRESSIVE HAWLEY COLLECTION OF RARE CERAMICS
AUCTION: 26 APRIL 2012
VIEWING: 19 – 26 APRIL 2012
LOCATION: Phillips de Pury & Company, Howick Place, London, SW1P 1BB
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
London - Phillips de Pury & Company is pleased to announce the highlights from its London Design auction in April. Rare and important pieces by ÈMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN including a laquered wood Desk with articulating lamp, estimated at £220,000 - 280,000 and a Pair of ‘Hydravion’ armchairs, circa 1923 estimated at £120,000 - 180,000 are also offered. RUHLMANN’S Pair of revolving ‘Tournicol’ side tables, late 1920’s with exceptional provenance from an important New York collection will feature in the auction amongst other outstanding French Art Deco including works by JEAN DUNARD and JEAN-MICHEL FRANK.
An important early group of work by MIES VAN DER ROHE including the only known examples of his MR60 chairs and MR150/3 Tugendhat table in existence by Bamberg Metalwerk Statten, Berlin, circa 1929 – 1931.
Thirteen examples of JEAN ROYÈRE’S work including the ‘Sphere’ coffee table, circa 1939 with an exceptional provenance estimated at £120,000 - 180,000 will be offered all of which will be included in the forthcoming Monographie de Jean Royére, released later this year.
Two significant pieces by DIEGO GIACOMETTI feature in the auction. The Important ‘Bibliothèque au Mexique’, circa 1966 and the brilliant ‘Ostrich’, circa 1977 are estimated at £300,000 – 400,000 and £40,000 – 50,000 respectively.
A Rare Coffee Table, 1952, an Italian collaboration between the acclaimed artist, LUCIO FONTANA, and the architect and designer OSVALDO BORSANI is lot 186 in the sale, estimated at £32,000 – 38,000.
Impressive ceramics also feature in the sale including a collection of lidded vessels by EDMUND DE WAAL and a group of work by LUCIE RIE from the Hawley Collection.
Alexander Payne, Worldwide Director of Design, Phillips de Pury & Company:
“This sale showcases many exceptional works by the leading architects and designers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Represented in the sale are the pioneers of the avant garde which have influenced and shaped design today such as Èmile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Mies van der Rohe, Alvar Aalto and Jean Royère. We are thrilled such an important selection is on offer in London.”
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
DIEGO GIACOMETTI
‘Bibliothèque au Mexique’, circa 1966
EST £300,000 – 400,000
ÈMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN
Desk with articulated lamp, 1932
EST £220,000 - 280,000
JEAN ROYÈRE
‘Sphere’ coffee table, circa 1939
EST £120,000 - 180,000
ÈMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN
Pair of ‘Hydravion’ armchairs, circa 1925
EST £120,000 - 180,000
JEAN ROYÈRE
Sofa, circa 1937
EST £120,000 - 160,000
LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
A pair of Tugendhat armchairs, circa 1929-1930
EST £60,000 - £90,000
ÈMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN
Pair of side tables, model no. 1009 AR, late 1920’s
EST £70,000 - £90,000
SERGE MOUILLE
Large seven-armed chandelier, circa 1953
EST £70,000 - 90,000
RON ARAD
‘Big easy volume 2 for 2’ sofa, circa 1989
EST £60,000 - 80,000
ÈMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN
Pair of armchairs, model 1 NR, circa 1925
EST £60,000 - 80,000
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