Sotheby's Paris is honoured to announce the sale of the Françoise Mayer and Marc Sohier collection.
The works in this collection form an ensemble of rare coherence, giving pride of place to abstraction, American abstract expressionism, spatialism and kinetic art. Featuring major works by artists such as Alexander Calder, Josef Albers, Kenneth Noland and Lucio Fontana, the Françoise Mayer and Marc Sohier collection is an ode to form, light and movement, offering a subtle selection of the avant-garde aesthetic of the 1960s and 1970s.
This collection bears witness to the visionary career of Françoise Mayer, a leading figure in Brussels' cultural scene. Between 1966 and 1975, within the walls of the legendary gallery at 8 Rue du Monastère, Françoise Mayer was the first to truly support the avant-garde in Brussels, seeing in each artist she defended an exciting project of radical modernity.
