The ongoing Artycapucines Collection gives leading contemporary artists the opportunity to bring their unique visions to Louis Vuitton’s timeless and feminine classic: the Capucines bag. Named after Rue Neuve-des-Capucines, the Parisian street on which Louis Vuitton opened his first store in 1854, the Capucines’ distinctive design has provided an ideal canvas for the creativity of 24 international artists in the four annual Artycapucines collections released since 2019.

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Sotheby's is immensely proud to present the Louis Vuitton Artycapucines sale: a one-off auction featuring 22 unique artist-designed Artycapucines bags, presented in a custom Monogram canvas Boîte Chapeau – both bag and hat box signed by the respective artist. Louis Vuitton will donate the net proceeds of the sale to a diverse range of charities and NGOs, chosen by the respective artists. Bags will be exhibited to the public in a special Louis Vuitton presentation at Sotheby’s Paris from 1-5 July 2023.

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Untitled 2019 &amp; Palms #3, 2019 ©Josh Smith Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner The 22 Artycapucines bags featured in this Louis Vuitton and Sotheby’s collaborative auction are all exceptional and one-off pieces created using the same exacting savoir-faire and materials as the original limited-edition versions, a process that has required painstaking resourcing of materials and a wide variety of meticulous and time-intensive artisanal techniques. Each bag is signed by the artist under the flap and will be presented in a Monogram-covered Louis Vuitton Boîte Chapeau, a modern hat box based on a historical design of the Maison. Each of these unique boxes is “signed” by the relevant artist, with these customisations ranging from a simple signature to more elaborate artwork.

The 22 participating artists are Amélie Bertrand, Daniel Buren, Sam Falls, Urs Fischer, Gregor Hildebrandt, Donna Huanca, Huang Yuxing, Alex Israel, Liu Wei, Peter Marino, Beatriz Milhazes, Vik Muniz, Jean-Michel Othoniel, Park Seo-Bo, Paola Pivi, Ugo Rondinone, Tschabalala Self, Josh Smith, Jonas Wood, Kennedy Yanko, Zeng Fanzhi, and Zhao Zhao.