Auction Acuity: Phillips de Pury & Company
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Each June Philips de Pury & Company at 450 West 15 Street, offers New Yorkers a chance to view iconic and rare furniture, lighting, and pottery from the world’s best design pieces on the market,
during their upcoming auction,
A reception is held Saturday, June 5th, 2-6, with the live auction on Wednesday, June 9th at 2:00 pm.
Browsing the catalog this past weekend, the list includes Mathieu Mategot, Serge Mouile, Claude Conover,
Charlotte Perriand, Joaquim Tenreiro, and Le Corbusier, to name a few.
Here are my favorite sneak peeks, before the gavel falls.
Jean Prouve
Paul Dupre-Lafon
Sol Lewitt
Alexandre Noll
Rick Owens
Arthur Espenet Carpenter
Carlo Scarpa
Frits Henningsen
For more about Simon de Pury, listen here.
Renowned for his animated auctions, you will be able to see him soon on the small screen.
Simon will be adding his voice of experience to the Sarah Jessica Parker produced Bravo series,
Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, premiering the evening of June 9th.
