Important Design
Auction: Thu 8 Dec 2022
Fri 2 Dec 2022 - Wed 7 Dec 2022
1334 York Avenue, NY 10021 Important Design
Mon-Fri 10am-5pm
Sotheby’s Important Design sale presents a curated survey of outstanding Design from the last century, from exceptional examples of American Arts & Crafts and Tiffany Studios to defining icons of postwar modernism and contemporary design. Representing the very best from each movement, the auction will include masterworks by Frank Lloyd Wright, Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand, Joaquim Tenreiro, Gio Ponti, Harry Bertoia, George Nakashima, Ingrid Donat and many more. Headlining the sale is a remarkable set of twelve dining chairs by Jean-Michel Frank and Christian Berard, commissioned in 1938 for the legendary collection of Nelson and Happy Rockefeller.
For assistance with bidding and registration, please contact:
+1 212 606 7414
For all other enquiries please contact:
Jodi Pollack
Chairman, Co-Worldwide Head of Design
Marine Hartogs
Senior Vice President, Head of Design, New York
Louis Soulard
Assistant Vice-President, Head of Sale, New York
20th Century Design
Taryn Clary
Associate Specialist, New York
20th Century Design
Thomas Szolwinski
Associate Cataloguer
20th Century Design
thomas.szolwinski@sothebys.com
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