Tag: Le Corbusier

5 Press Releases

  • Auction Industry

    Focillon-Baltrusaitis: A Family History of Art

    Not only teacher and pupil but also father-in-law and son-in-law, the two academics Henri Focillon and Jurgis Baltrusaitis were leading figures in the history of art. Their collections simultaneously reflect a body of work, highly personal tastes and a family history. Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), Deux bacchantes s'enlaçant ou La Faunesse et la…

  • Auction Industry

    Kenzo Takada’s Collection of Furniture, Art, & Couture Comes to Auction

    Artcurial and Christie’s recently collaborated to present both live and timed auctions honoring the late fashion designer Kenzo Takada. On May 11th, 2021, a live event will offer nearly 600 lots from Takada’s apartment in Paris. An additional online timed event will bring over 125 pieces of couture from Takada’s…

    Kenzo Takadas Collection of Furniture, Art, & Couture Comes to Auction1
  • Auction Industry

    Artist to Know: Charlotte Perriand & Pierre Jeanneret

    Furniture Piece by the Two French Modernists Available in Wright Auction At the age of 24, Charlotte Perriand walked into the studio of legendary furniture designer Le Corbusier and asked for a job. She was told, “We don’t embroider cushions here,” and sent away. Despite this rocky start, Perriand would…

    Artist to Know Charlotte Perriand & Pierre Jeanneret-1
  • Auction Industry

    Guernsey's to offer the noted art collection of Nicholas Zoullas

    Kees van Dongen (Dutch/French,1877 - 1968), Windmill in a Landscape. NEW YORK, NY.-Guernsey's will be bringing the Collection of accomplished art collector Nicholas Zoullas to unreserved auction in an exceptional three hundred lot event. The sale will be taking place May 12 with bidding available on three platforms Liveauctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and…

    Guernsey's to offer the noted art collection of Nicholas Zoullas
  • Artists

    The Art Of Living: 10 Things To Know About Charlotte Perriand

    A guide to the French designer who worked with Le Corbusier, and counted Fernand Léger and Alexander Calder among her friends. lllustrated with works offered at Christie’s Charlotte Perriand (1903–1999) was a French architect and designer, and one of the most acclaimed figures to have emerged from the studio environment around Le…

    The art of living: 10 things to know about Charlotte Perriand