Highlights include an elaborate “Buffalo Hunt” Chandelier (pictured below left, estimate $60/80,000), a one-of-a-kind Bar Cabinet (pictured below center, estimate $50/70,000), an impressive burled fir Console Table (estimate $50/70,000), and a whimsical Blanket Chest (pictured below right, estimate $20/30,000).

PARIS HIGHLIGHTS
IMPORTANT DESIGN: FROM NOGUCHI TO LALANNE
26 May at 2:30pm CEST / 8:30am EDT
The Paris edition of our Important Design sale covers a range of art and design from the end of the 19th century to the present day, with important works by Alberto Giacometti, Diego Giacometti, Janine Janet, Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne, Marc Newson, Maria Pergay, Gio Ponti, Jean Royère and Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann. Celebrating the sale’s international concept, renowned actress and singer Isabelle Adjani and famed interior designer Jacques Grange share their favorite designers across the two sales.

WATCH: Isabelle Adjani and Jacques Grange Talk Design

The sale opens with remarkable pieces from a Parisian private collection, including a Nuage low table by Guy de Rougemont as well as works by Maarten Baas, Paul Evans, Zaha Hadid and Vladimir Kagan. Further highlights include masterpieces with prestigious provenances, notably an Aux Cariatides et aux Atlantes table by Diego Giacometti (pictured above right, estimate €300/400,000), commissioned from the artist for Henri Samuel, as well as a Tête de Femme floor lamp and two lamps by Alberto Giacometti from the former collection of Georges and Myrtille Hugnet (estimates ranging from €100/200,000). Mid-century French design is equally celebrated through significant pieces by highly regarded artists such as Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Georges Jouve, Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand, Valentin Schlegel and Véra Szekely. A focus on works by Les Lalanne completes the sale with thirty-one lots, highlighted by a selection of works from the collection of Claude Lalanne’s godson. Among the pieces presented are two rare masterpieces by François-Xavier Lalanne: a pair of Oiseaux de Marbre tables (pictured above left, estimate €300/500,000) and an exceptional and monumental Grande carpe (pictured above center, estimate €600/800,000).