NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips de Pury & Companyannounced its highest total for a Design auction, demonstrating its continued strength selling French, Italian, American and Scandinavian 20th-century design. Results totaled $7,101,812 (including premium).
Simon de Pury, Chairman: “The outcome of these sales demonstrates that our pioneering belief in design is paying off. Our new flagship space on 450 Park allowed us to show the outstanding works, painstakingly selected by Alexander Payne and his great team, in optimal conditions.”
Alexander Payne, Worldwide Director of Design: “This is an extraordinarily busy week of design and decorative arts auctions in New York and in Europe. Today’s robust results were realized by aggressive bidding from international clients, both in the saleroom and on the telephone. We were thrilled to inaugurate our new galleries at 450 Park with a tightly curated auction highlighting important works from the last 120 years.”
The Design auction comprised of 214 lots offered, selling 74% by value and 73% by lot. Price including premium: $7,101,812.
Top Ten Lots:
• Lot 57 Flavio Poli Important and monumental chandelier, from the Hotel Bristol, Merano, Italy, $434,500
• Lot 14 Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann Rare “Elephant armchair, $290,500
• Lot 43 Charlotte Perriand Unique monumental “Bahut” sideboard, $266,500
• Lot 44 Harry Bertoia Important unique monumental “Bush” form, $266,500
• Lot 7 Serge Mouille Unique and important six-arm ceiling light, $230,500
• Lot 38 Robert Mallet-Stevens, Unique desk, for Roger Gompel, Director of the Paris-France Society, $218,500
• Lot 4 Poul Henningsen Exceptional large wall light, for the Scala cinema and concert hall, Árhus Theater, Árhus Denmark, $212,500
• Lot 34 Line Vautrin Rare “Solaire” mirror, $194,500
• Lot 25 Harry Bertoia Large “Bush” sculpture with integrated welded fountain form interior, $170,500
• Lot 3 Jean Royére Rare armchair, $178,500
Artist Records:
• Lot 4 Poul Henningsen Wall light, $212,500
• Lot 7 Serge Mouille Ceiling light, $230,500
• Lot 23 Paul Hankar Tabouret, $21,250
• Lot 33, Jacques Biny, Table Lamp $12,500
• Lot 34 Line Vautrin Solaire mirror, $194,500
• Lot 52 Shoji Hamada Hakeme jar, $60,000
• Lot 57 Flavio Poli Chandelier, $434,500
• Lot 90, Raymond Fernand Loewry, Discovery flatware service (set of 77), $20,000
• Lot 96 Pozzi and Verga Side chairs (pair), $6,250
• Lot 97 Pozzi and Verga Side chairs (pair), $6,250
• Lot 109 Ernesto Radaelli Lounge chairs (pair), $11,250
• Lot 110 Piero Fornasetti and Studio Ponti Fornaroli Rosselli Cittá di carte modular bookcase, $60,000
• Lot 111 Pier Luigi Colli Sideboard, $21,250
• Lot 125 Cesare Lacca Coffee table $43,750
• Lot 129 Barnaba and Piero Fornasetti Black and white trumeau 47,500
• Lot 131 Christophe Gevers Chandelier (from The Crédit Communal de Belgique Auditorium Bressels, Belgium), $40,000
