PIASA | First semester 2024 results and upcoming auctions

FIRST SEMESTER 2024 RESULTS

Over the first semester of 2024, PIASA confirmed its growth, accomplishing the best semester since its inception and boasting systematically rising results since 2020.

With a 13% progression compared to the first semester of 2023, and a total adjudication amount of 37.000.000 (including premium), PIASA affirmed its leading position on the design market and extended its activity and visibility in the modern and contemporary art market.

Revenue by department:

Design : 18.800.000€ (including premium)

Modern and contemporary art: 15.400.000€ (including premium)

Various, including jewelry and watches: 2.800.000€ (including premium)

DESIGN DEPARTMENT RESULTS

With more than 14 published and internationally distributed catalogues, PIASA can boast a revenue of 18.800.000€ (including premium) over the first semester of 2024, with a large number of significant results obtained in PIASA’s distinctive themed auctions.

Auction: Finnish Lights with Annmaris

April 4, 2024

Paavo Tynell (1890-1973)

Suspension, model no. 9041, ‘Snowflake’
Brass and openwork metal
Edited by Taito Oy
Model created circa 1950
H 100 × Ø 35/82 cm

Estimate: 80 000 / 120 000€

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Result: 364 0000€

(Inc. buyer’s premium)

Auction: French design

March 20, 2024

Jean-Michel Frank (1895-1941)

Pair of pedestal tables
Gilded bronze
Model created circa 1930
H 52 × Ø 38 cm

Estimate: 30 000 / 40 000€

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Result: 204 900€

(Inc. buyer’s premium)

Auction: Brazilian Design

April 4, 2024

José Zanine Caldas (1919-2001)

Sofa de Troncos,

Sculptural sofa
Pequi
Hot stamped ‘Zanine’
Model created in 1977
H 80 × L 219 × P 88 cm

Estimate: 100 000 / 150 000€

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Result: 124 800€

(Inc. buyer’s premium)

Auction: Design

January 24, 2024

Gio Ponti (1891-1979)

Pair of armchairs
Walnut, brass and fabric
Edited by Casa & Giardino
Model created circa 1935
H 87 × L 62 × P 84 cm

Estimate: 30 000 / 40 000€

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Result: 78 150€

(Inc. buyer’s premium)

Auction: American Design

May 15, 2024

George Nakashima (1905-1990)

Bench – Special order
Walnut and fabric
Model created in 1969
H 96 × L 228 × P 83 cm

Estimate: 30 000 / 40 000€

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Result: 44 200€

(Inc. buyer’s premium)

Auction: Fernando & Humberto Campana

June 27, 2024

Fernando Campana (1961-2022)

& Humberto Campana (né en 1953)

Sushi Cabinet (Ocean) – No 8/8
Cabinet
Stainless steel, felt, rubber, EVA, fabric and cork
H 180 × L 120 × P 40 cm

Estimate: 20 000 / 30 000€

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Result: 28 600€

(Inc. buyer’s premium)

MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART DEPARTMENT RESULTS

The department achieved its best result in several years. With a revenue of 15.400.000€ (including premium), PIASA realized 100% progress compared to the first semester of 2023.

These results can be mainly attributed to the dispersion of two major private collections, which saw record prices for several artists: the “Pablo Picasso and his friends” auction on February 15^th, 2024 (3.450.000€ including premium) and the sale of part of the Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn collection, “From Surrealism to Pop Art” on June 5^th (7.300.000€ including premium).

Auction: Paul Sérusier, a Nabi masterpiece from a private collection

February 15, 2024

Paul Sérusier (1864-1927)

Les Batteurs de blé, 1893
Oil on canvas
Signed on the bottom left
91 x 73 cm

Estimate: 600 000 / 900 000€

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Result: 806 000€

(Inc. buyer’s premium)

Auction: The Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn collection, from Surrealism to Pop Art

June 5, 2024

Andy Warhol (1928 – 1987)

Self-portrait (indo orange red),

January 1967
Silkscreen and acrylic on canvas

Estimate: 300 000 / 400 000€

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Result: 572 000€

(Inc. buyer’s premium)

Auction: The Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn collection, from Surrealism to Pop Art

June 5, 2024

Kurt Seligmann (Bâle, 1900 – Sugar Loaf, NY, 1962)
Nocturne, 1956
Oil on canvas
91,5 x 114,5 cm

Estimate: 40 000 / 60 000€

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Result: 442 000€

(Inc. buyer’s premium)

Auction: Modern and contemporary art

June 6, 2024

Léonor Fini (1907-1996)

Pour Sheridan le Fanu, 1974O

Oil on canvas

Estimate: 100 000 / 150 000€

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Result: 322 400€

(Inc. buyer’s premium)

Auction: Modern and contemporary art

June 6, 2024

Victor Brauner (1903-1966)

Robe de bal, VIII-1957
Oil on canvas

Estimate: 120 000 / 150 000€

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Result: 338 000€

(Inc. buyer’s premium)

Auction: Pablo Picasso and his friends, story of a private collection

February 15, 2024

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Femme se coiffant
Bronze with brown patina
Numbered: “1/10”
Edition of 10

Estimate: 200 000 / 300 000€

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Result: 208 000€

(Inc. buyer’s premium)

JEWELRY DEPARTMENT RESULTS

The jewelry department achieved a revenue of 1.800.000€ over the first semester of 2024.

Auction: Jewelry and Watches Part I

April 25, 2024

Van Cleef & Arpels

1990s
“Cosmos”
Pair of ear clips in the shape of a flower in 18k
Round-cut diamonds, a round-cut facetted emerald in
the center

Estimate: 15 000 / 20 000€

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Result: 27 300€

(Inc. buyer’s premium)

Auction: Jewelry: Paris – Rio | Part I

June 27, 2024

Van Cleef & Arpels

‘Panthère’ clip in yellow gold (750‰) entirely paved
with brilliant cut diamonds and onyx, two navette-cut
emeralds as eyes
Signed and numbered M40551, engraved 750, master silversmith’s halllmark Pery & Fils
Dimensions: 7,2 x 5 cm
Gross weight: 35,3 g

Estimate: 18 000 / 30 000€

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Result: 50 700€

(Inc. buyer’s premium)

UPCOMING

With over 17 catalogued sales planned for the second half of 2024, PIASA is proud to present three private collections, mainly focused on design, to start off the next semester in September.

Wednesday, September 11

Art + Design
Giorgio de Mitri collection

In order to inaugurate the fall season, PIASA will offer an exceptional sale around the Art and Design collection of Giorgio de Mitri. Italian creator with an international aura, self-defined as a “facilitator of ideas”, Giorgio de Mitri has been working for 30 years in order to promote contemporary creation, through editions, branding and collaborations with major brands – Nike in particular. Throughout his encounters and projects all over the world, Giorgio de Mitri assembled an important collection of contemporary design and urban art, with works by major creators – most of whom are close friends of the collector – such as designers Martino Gamper, Ron Arad, Marc Newson, Studio Job, or artists Futura, Os Gemeos and José Parla.

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Mimmo Paladino (born in 1948)
Cabinet model ‘Solus’
Beech, ebony, bronze, textiles and glass
Meta Memphis Edition limited to 25 copies
Model created in 1989

Estimate: 4 000 / 6 000€

Zaha Hadid (1950-2016)
‘Aqua table’ dining room table
Polyester and lacquered fibreglass
Edition Established & Sons
Model created in 2005

Estimate: 20 000 / 30 000€

Os Gêmeos (born in 1974)
Untitled
Aerosol spray on wood panel

Estimate: 30 000 / 40 000€

Wednesday, September 18

Art + Design Collection
Raf Simons collection

After a first collaboration and the dispersion of part of his modern ceramics collection in a memorable auction in 2013, Raf Simons and PIASA join forces again for an exceptional sale in which the current co-creative director of Prada will display part of his private collection. In addition to approximately 20 Pablo Picasso ceramics, including very rare models, a selection of major furniture pieces by Pierre Jeanneret, Mathieu Matégot, Jean Royère, George Nakashima and many others will be offered for auction, as well as ceramics by Pol Chambost, Georges Jouve, Roger Capron and others.

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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

and Atelier Madoura
Tripode – A. R. 125
Ceramic
Signed ‘Exemplaire éditeur Madoura’ in ink
Edition of 75 copies
Model created in 1951

Estimate: 150 000 / 200 000€

Pierre Jeanneret (1896-1967)
Illuminated reading table model PJ-TAT-10-B
Teak, frosted glass and lacquered steel
Around 1963

Estimate: 80 000 / 120 000€

Jean Royère (1902-1981)

Floor lamp ‘Persan’
Gilded patinated metal and textile
Model created around 1953

Estimate: 80 000 / 120 000€

Wednesday, September 25

Art + Design
Franck Laigneau collection

Emblematic art dealer from the Left Bank, Frank Laigneau began by specializing in mid-19^th century European furniture, before becoming the main reference throughout the world for anthroposophic furniture, a philospohical movement created in the early 20^th century in Dornach, Switzerland, by philosopher Rudolph Steiner. Now living in the Portuguese region of Alentejo with his partner Vitor Borges, Frank Laigneau has entrusted PIASA with approximately 200 lots from his collection, charting his personal background and path. Anthroposophic furniture will of course be a main theme, with the rarest productions by the main protagonists of the movement such as Rudolf Steiner, Oswald Dubach, Felix Kayser or Siegfried Putz. The auction will also feature furniture and artworks from late 19^th century Northern Europe, and Estremoz marble objects, lamps and furniture created by Frank Laigneau and Victor Borges.

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Wladyslaw Trojan (1932-2004)
Bench
Wood
Model created around 1960

Estimate: 8 000 / 12 000€

Hans Itel (1898–1988)
Meditation table
Solid birch
Signed, dated and dedicated ‘Für Rudolf Steiner’ on reverse side
Model created in 1925

Estimate: 30 000 / 40 000€

Wilhelm von Heydebrand (1888-1970)
Lamp
Stained wood and glass
Model created around 1920

Estimate: 5 000 / 7 000€

COMING SOON

Thursday, October 3

Italian Design

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Wednesday, October 9

Modern and contemporary art

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Friday, October 11

Jewels

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Thursday, October 24

French Design

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PRACTICAL INFORMATION

PIASA

118 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré

75008 Paris

+33 1 53 34 10 10

www.piasa.fr

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Sales catalogues available on www.piasa.fr

ABOUT PIASA

Founded in Paris in 1996, the PIASA auction house today embraces the creations of the 20th and 21st centuries, from modern and contemporary art to design, from decorative arts to jewelry.
Located in an 18th-century building on rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré, in the heart of Paris’s right bank golden triangle, PIASA organizes its sales and exhibitions in this intimate setting, in collaboration with leading interior designers.
Renowned in France and internationally for its singular eye, which focuses above all on the aesthetic strength of a work or object, PIASA also distinguishes itself by regularly publishing richly documented catalogs, which are highly prized and a true record of the company’s activity.