Christie’s Presents The Danute and Alain Mallart Collection at Art Basel in Paris
Danute and Alain Mallart Collection, Brussels – Paris – Vilnius
Sale in Paris on Thursday, October 17 – Exhibition October 10-17, 2024
A collection of contemporary art and design,
Danute and Alain Mallart Collection, Brussels – Paris – Vilnius
presented for sale at Art Basel Paris
and Christie’s France 20/21 sales
Paris – On Thursday October 17, 2024, with the sale of Collection Danute & Alain Mallart, Bruxelles – Paris -Vilnius Christie’s will be a major player at the world’s leading contemporary art event, the epicenter of which will be the Art Basel fair held at the recently restored Grand-Palais. Constituted with as much precision as discretion, and always jealously guarded from prying eyes, the Danute and Alain Mallart collection is one to dream of…
The fruit of more than 30 years of exacting research, and a reflection of two very strong personalities, this art and design collection is both deeply rooted in European history and fully open to the best of the most contemporary creation. Its strength, richness and breadth have already earned the collection the status of an exceptional provenance. Led by a major canvas by Marlène Dumas, one of today’s most influential artists, the hundred or so works in the sale are estimated at €8 to €12 million. As the title of the sale indicates, Vilnius is, alongside Paris and Brussels, an essential milestone in the careers of these two exceptional collectors. That the Lithuanian Season in France coincides with this sale is no mere coincidence.
The collection: the audacity and sophistication of a truly European taste
With a rare coherence that is equally evident in three cultural capitals, the collection blends young artists with established figures of international stature. Presented by Danute and Alain Mallart with a sense of scenography and space that underlines the strength and cohesion of the whole, the works of art stand side by side with furniture from the 1930s to the present day (Zsolnay, Georges de Feure, Jean-Michel Frank, Jean Dunand, Eugène Printz, Marc du Plantier, Jean Dunand, Diego Giacometti).
Sharing the visions of artists who have made history an essential part of their work, the collection gives pride of place to German visual artists, from Sigmar Polke to Anselm Kiefer, and from Georg Baseltiz to A.R. Penck. With Anish Kapoor, Yayoi Kusama, François Morellet and El Anatsui, the collection explores the different facets of contemporary abstraction, without blinkers or limits and with total freedom. The question of the body – and in particular that of women – is one of the essential threads running through the collection. Marlène Dumas, Antony Gormley, Martial Raysse, Tom Wesselmann, Barbara Kruger: all, each in their own way, have used painting, sculpture and photography to express the body’s relationship to space and question the canons of representation.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION:
Danute and Alain Mallart Collection, Brussels – Paris – Vilnius :
– Sale in Paris on Thursday October 17 at 2 pm
– Online sale of contemporary art from November 26 to December 10, 2024
– Exhibition in Brussels from September 23 to 27, 2024
– Exhibition in Paris from October 10 to 17, 2024
At Christie’s, October will be contemporary and European
In October, Paris will be the global epicenter of the art market: Art Basel, Moderne Art Fair, Internationale, Design Miami, Also Known As Africa, Offscreen and Asia Now, the world of contemporary art will be in Paris.
Located just a stone’s throw from the Grand-Palais, Christie’s will be at the heart of this international event with a series of propositions
the event:
– Collection Danute et Alain Mallart, Bruxelles-Paris-Vilnius: sale on October 17 / exhibition from October 10 to 17
– Avant-Garde(s) including Thinking Italian: sale October 18 at 5:30 pm / exhibition October 10 to 17
– 20th & 21st Century Art: sale October 19 at 2:30 pm / exhibition October 10 to 17
– Marc Chagall: Between Heaven and Earth.
Works from the artist’s estate: online sale October 9 to 22, exhibition October 10 to 15
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