A varied selection of luxury designer furniture from Italy, France, Brazil, Scandinavia as well as an important private collection of mid-century French design will come up at Christie’s London sales of 20/21 Design this year. There will be an inaugural evening sale at King St. on November 4 and a day auction in South Kensington on October 28.
Jeremy Morrison, Senior Director, 20/21 Design, London comments: ‘Our two Design sales are targeted to reflect our global market leadership in 20th century decorative art & design auctions over the last 40 years. The King Street sale offers a selected group of Post War and Contemporary Design, complemented by Pre-War avant-garde works, by the main proponents of 20th and 21st Century Design which will appeal to international collectors and private clients. Our South Kensington sale has a wider remit, also covering earlier 20th Century Design periods, with prices from £1,000, and is therefore ideal for those new to our field or auctions more generally, as well as our established international base of collectors’.
Here are some examples:
HUMBERTO (B. 1953) & FERNARNDO (B. 1961) CAMPANA
A UNIQUE ‘PEIXE’ BENCH, 1989
cut and welded steel (£80,000-120,000). Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2014.
YOICHI OHIRA (B. 1946)
A UNIQUE ‘I QUATTRO NASTRI ROSSI’ VASE, 2004
executed by Maestro Livio Serena and Maestro Giacomo Barbini, (£10,000-15,000). Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2014.
CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (1903-1999)
A ‘MEXIQUE’ CABINET, CIRCA 1953
designed for the Maison du Méxique, Cité Internationale Universitaire, Paris (£60,000-90,000). Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2014
ALESSANDRO MENDINI (B. 1931)
AN EARLY ‘POLTRONA DI PROUST’ ARMCHAIR, DESIGNED 1978, THIS EXAMPLE EXECUTED EARLY 1980s
produced for Studio Alchimia, painted by Franco Migliaccio (£40,000-60,000) Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2014