Christie’s presents the Danute and Alain Mallart Collection during the Art Basel week in Paris
| Collection Danute et Alain Mallart, Bruxelles – Paris – Vilnius Auction in Paris on Thursday, 17 October – Public Viewing from 10-17 October 2024 |
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| A collection of contemporary art and design, the Danute and Alain Mallart Collection Brussels – Paris – Vilnius Auctioned during the Paris Art Basel week fair and the 20th/21st Century Art Marquee Auctions of Christie’s France | ||
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Paris – On Thursday, 17 October 2024, with the auction of the Danute and Alain Mallart, Brussels – Paris – Vilnius the epicenter of which will be Art Basel, at the recently restored Grand Palais in Paris. Long kept confidential and only known to the personal and professional network of collectors, the Danute and Alain Mallart Collection is of the kind that dreams are made of. The fruit of more than 30 years of painstaking research, reflecting two very strong personalities, this art and design collection is both deeply rooted in European history and completely open to the very best of contemporary design. Its strength, richness and scope have already given the collection the status of exceptional provenance. Led by a major painting by Marlène Dumas – one of today’s most influential artists – the hundred or so works in the auction are estimated at between 8 million and 12 million euros. As the title of the auction shows, Vilnius is, alongside Paris and Brussels, an essential location in the careers of these two exceptional collectors. That the Lithuanian Season in France should coincide with this auction is not just a happy coincidence. The collection: the boldness and sophistication of a truly European taste The collection brings together young artists and established international figures seamlessly and with the same rigor across three cultural capitals. Displayed by Danute Mallart with a sense of scenography and space that underlines the strength and cohesion of the ensemble, the works of art stand alongside furniture from the 1930s to the present day (Zsolnay, Georges de Feure, Jean-Michel Frank, Jean Dunand, Eugène Printz, Marc du Plantier, Jean Dunand, Diego Giacometti). Sharing the visions of artists who have made history an essential part of their work, the collection focuses on German artists, from Sigmar Polke to Anselm Kiefer, and from Georg Baselitz to A.R. Penck.
Featuring works by Anish Kapoor, Yayoi Kusama, Francois Morellet and El Anatsui, the collection explores the different facets of contemporary abstraction with complete freedom and without blinkers or boundaries. The question of the body – and in particular the female body – is one of the main themes of the collection. Marlène Dumas, Antony Gormely, Martial Raysse, Tom Wesselmann, Barbara Kruger: each in their own way have used painting, sculpture and photography to express the body’s relationship with space and question the canons of representation. INFORMATION: Danute and Alain Mallart Collection, Brussels – Paris – Vilnius:
At Christie’s, October will be contemporary and European In October, Paris will be the art market’s global epicenter: the contemporary art world meets in Paris with Art Basel, Moderne Art Fair, Internationale, Design Miami, Also Known As Africa, Offscreen and Asia Now. Located just a stone’s throw from the Grand-Palais, Christie’s will be at the heart of this international event with a series of events to match the occasion: –Danute and Alain Mallart Collection, Brussels – Paris – Vilnius: live auction, 17 October / Public Viewing: 10 to 17 October –Avant-Garde(s) including Thinking Italian: live auction, 18 October at 5:30 p.m. / Public Viewing: 10 to 17 October –20th & 21st Century Art : live auction, 19 October at 2:30 p.m. / Public Viewing: 10 to 17 October – Marc Chagall : Between Sky and Earth. Works formerly in the artist’s estate: online sale, October 9 -22 / Public Viewing: October 10 to 15 |
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