After a brilliant start to his career at Balenciaga, Julien Dossena became artistic director of the maison Rabanne in 2013. Today, Julien, guest curator of the Important Design sale, shares answers to a Proust questionnaire and his favorite picks.

Creative director of Rabanne, Julien Dossena shares with us his picks from Important Design sale.

Curated by Julien Dossena

Important Design Curated by Julien Dossena

Poésie Sculptée

Tom Dixon

Auction Highlights

When artists, architects and designers create seating that is a cross between sculpture and furniture they blur the boundaries and break the codes. The seat becomes sculpture. Made from cardboard, resin, iron wires, tyres, these seats play with everyday materials and enter the world of design with a sense of humor or provocation, giving rise to veritable works of art.

The Art of Sitting

Paris

Chairman | Co-Worldwide Head of 20th&nbsp;Century Design

Florent Jeanniard

Deputy Director, Head of Sale, 20th Century Design

Cécile Tajan

Associate Specialist, 20th Century Design

 Caroline Lescure Hebrard

Cataloguer, 20th Century Design

Clara Besomi

Associate Cataloguer, 20th Century Design

Shana Ben Yahia

Pre-Sale Experience Coordinator, 20th Century Design

Elisa Gaillot

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Sotheby’s is pleased to reunite emblematic pieces from Jean-Michel Frank to Tom Dixon, including works by Gaetano Pesce, Armand-Albert Rateau, Line Vautrin, Jacques Émile Ruhlmann, Jean Prouvé, Eugène Printz but also Guy de Rougemont, Franz West and Antoni Miralda. A section “Poésie sculptée” will highlight major works by Alberto and Diego Giacometti as well as Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne.