PH I L L I P S d e P U RY & C OMPANY H OW IC K P LAC E L O NDON SW 1 P 1 B B
PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY NEW YORK DESIGN SALE TO OFFER HIGHLY
SELECT WORKS REPRESENTING THE BEST OF THE BEST FROM THE MID-
CENTURY TO THE PRESENT
PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF PHILIP MICHAEL WOLFSON’S GENOA DESK TO
BENEFIT THE MAKE IT RIGHT FOUNDATION
AUCTION: June 3, 2009; 11 am
RECEPTION: May 28, 2009; 6 – 8 pm
VIEWING: May 27 – May 30: 10 am – 6 pm 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New York – May 20 – Building on the success of the recent April London Design sale, Phillips de Pury
& Company is pleased to announce the highlights from its New York Design sale to be held on June 3,
2009. 128 lots will be offered with a total pre-sale estimate of $2,729,300 – 3,677,000.
This sale offers an array of highly select works with a focus on rare and important examples from
eminent 20th and 21st Century designers. The Design department has broadened its collecting
categories to integrate key areas such as Contemporary Ceramics, Italian Glass and Artist’s Jewelry.
Alexander Payne, Worldwide Director of Design, Phillips de Pury & Company:
“We are proud to follow-up our strong sale in London with the New York sale which sets out to offer
the best of the best. In this market on both sides of the Atlantic, the demand is for exceptional, hard to
find works. This sale meets the criteria.”
MID-CENTURY MASTERWORKS
Phillips de Pury & Company will present career defining works by heavyweights Jean Royère, Jean
Prouvé, Claude Lalanne and George Nakashima. Important American Studio works from the
collection of Dr. Alfred L. Jones debut on the secondary market.
Jean Royère’s Ours Polaire sofa, ca. 1950, estimated at $180,000 to 220,000, takes its cue from a
slumbering polar bear’s round shape and exemplifies the designer’s surrealist sense of humor. Other
examples of Ours Polaire sofas have consistently achieved the highest prices among all of Royère’s
work on the secondary market. The recent Philli