Our guest curator, Benoît Astier de Villatte shares his choices from the creations of the designers featured in the sale.

Curator Benoît Astier de Villatte

Property from a Distinguished European Collection

Memphis Milano

Fourteen of the most influential women designers of the 20th and 21st centuries are represented in this sale. Explore some of the most innovative and forward thinking-examples by the most lauded female artists of their generation: Rose Adler, Charlotte Perriand, Ingrid Donat, Rosemarie Trockel, Joy de Rohan Chabot, Elizabeth Garouste, Martine Bedin, Line Vautrin, Dani Ruelland, Maria Pergay, Gabriella Crespi, Lina Bo Bardi, Claude Lalanne et Zaha Hadid.

Leading Female Designers

Discover masterful examples from some of the most important designers working from the 20th Century to today.

Auction Highlights

Mattia Bonetti for Hôtel Cristal Champs-Elysées, Paris

Paris

Chairman | Co-Worldwide Head of 20th Century Design

Florent Jeanniard

Head of Sales | 20th Century Design

Cécile Tajan

Cataloguer | 20th Century Design

Clara Besomi

Associate Cataloguer, 20th Century Design

Shana Ben Yahia

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Sotheby's is honored to invite Benoît Astier de Villatte to curate DESIGN XX XXI sale. The co-founder of Astier de Villatte has shared his choices through the creations of the designers featured in the sale. The sale features important pieces by the great designers: Jean Dunand, Line Vautrin, Ettore Sottsass, Jean-Michel Frank, Alberto Giacometti, Jean Prouvé, Georges Jouve, Diego Giacometti, Ingrid Donat, Joris Laarman, François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne.

DESIGN XX-XXI