Charlotte Perriand, une architecte en montagne, Charlotte Perriand archives/éditions Norma, Paris, 2023, page 11, J. Barsac (Charlotte Perriand in the Italian Alps, around 1929 – DR/AChp)
PARIS – Christie’s presents its 26 May Design sale featuring nearly 200 lots from several private collections with a global estimate of between €5 and 7 million. Spotlighting Charlotte Perriand and Jean Prouvé, the Paris auction will showcase the creativity and diversity of French designers and will be followed by a New York sale in June highlighting Jean Royère. About thirty lots designed by Charlotte Perriand for different locations in the French mountain resort Les Arcs will provide the Paris auction with a unique flair. These pieces, celebrating a crucial period in the designer and architect’s work, come in the wake of the Fondation Louis Vuitton’s great retrospective recognising Perriand’s tremendous influence on the history of design. In the same spirit, Christie’s sale is largely devoted to women designers, bringing together many lots by Janette Laverrière, Line Vautrin, Denyse Gatard and Claude Lalanne.
By offering both Charlotte Perriand’s‘forme libre‘ desk (estimate: €200,000 – €300,000) and a rare ‘Présidence’ desk by Jean Prouvé (estimate: €250,000 – €350,000), the auction also pays tribute to the mutual influence, inspiration and admiration between two iconic designers and their intricately linked works. The around twenty lots by Jean Prouvé are rounded out by a magnificent Paul Dupré-Lafon set commissioned in 1947; a selection of Georges Jouve ceramics; and several works by Diego Giacometti with estimates ranging from €200,000 to €600,000.
