Design

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• New York

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    Daphné Riou

    Vice President, Senior Specialist, Head of Americas

    Daphné Riou

    Vice President, Senior Specialist, Head of Americas

    DRiou@christies.com+1 212 468 7124

    Daphné Riou joined Christie’s New York in 2018 as the Head of the Design department.
    
    Prior to joining Christie’s, Daphné worked at Sotheby’s for six years, where she held various positions in the Design departments in Paris, London and finally in New York for four years, where she oversaw the sale of several masterworks and important private collections of 20th Century Design.
    
    Daphné graduated from HEC Paris business school, earning a master in Art & Creation management and studied art history at the Ecole du Louvre in Paris.
    
    She started her career in the auction world working at Christie’s Paris, with the legendary sales of the Château de Gourdon collections which totalized 42 million euros in March 2011.
    
    In her past year working at Christie’s, Daphné oversaw the sale of the 'Pond Lily' Lamp that sold for $3.4M in December 2018, a world record for any work by Tiffany, and the record breaking sale of the cabinet by Eugène Printz and Jean Dunand which sold for $5,496,000 in June 2019.
    
    
    Daphné Riou a rejoint Christie's New York en 2018 en tant que responsable du département Design.
    
    Avant de rejoindre Christie's, Daphné a travaillé chez Sotheby's pendant six ans, où elle a occupé différents postes au sein des départements Design à Paris, à Londres et enfin à New York pendant quatre ans, où elle a supervisé la vente de plusieurs chefs-d'œuvre et d'importantes collections privées de Design du 20ème siècle.
    
    Daphné est diplômée de l'école de commerce HEC Paris, où elle a obtenu un master en management de l'art et de la création artistique, et a étudié l'histoire de l'art à l'Ecole du Louvre à Paris.
    
    Elle a commencé sa carrière dans le monde des enchères en travaillant chez Christie's Paris, avec la vente légendaire des collections du Château de Gourdon qui a totalisé 42 millions d'euros en mars 2011.
    
    Dernièrement, Daphné a supervisé la vente de la lampe 'Pond Lily' qui s'est vendue pour 3,4 millions de dollars en décembre 2018, un record mondial pour toute œuvre de Tiffany, et la vente record du cabinet d'Eugène Printz et Jean Dunand qui s'est vendue pour 5 496 000 dollars, en juin 2019.

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    Michael Jefferson

    International Senior Specialist, Senior Vice President

    Michael Jefferson

    International Senior Specialist, Senior Vice President

    mjefferson@christies.com+1 312 787 2765

    Michael Jefferson is a International Senior Specialist in the Design department in Chicago. He will be contributing to the development of a new global vision for Design and will partner closely with Post-War and Contemporary Art at Christie’s.
    
    Mr. Jefferson joins Christie’s after 18 years with Wright Auction in Chicago, where he was Senior Vice President and Senior Specialist of Design. Jefferson was instrumental in a highly creative approach to selling Design at auction, developing sales with a focus on Italian and Scandinavian design, single-owner collections and thematic auctions that pushed the boundaries of the market. Receiving a BFA from the University of Michigan in 1995, Jefferson has worked in various fields in the arts and takes a wholistic approach to the market, providing a synthesis between auctions, creative practice and collecting.

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    Victoria Allerton Tudor

    Vice President, Specialist, Head of Sale

    Victoria Allerton Tudor

    Vice President, Specialist, Head of Sale

    vtudor@christies.com718 710 2136

    Victoria Tudor began her career with Christie’s in 2008 base in New York as a Specialist with the Decorative Arts department. Since 2016, Victoria has been a contributing member of the Private and Iconic Collections team participating in The Private Collection of President & Mrs. Ronald Reagan (2016); the landmark sale of The Peggy and David Rockefeller Collection (2018); overseeing the single owner sale of addable art and antiques dealer Mr. Joel Chen of JF Chen , Los Angeles, Ca. (2018); spearheading the first online only sale of a major single owner consignment The Collection of A. Jerrold Perenchio (2020); and collaborating across the Asian works of art department for Lacquer, Jade, Bronze, Ink: The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection (2019) and Sacred and Imperial: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection (2020). In 2021, Victoria joined the Design department as Head of Sale to spearhead the New York calendar of sales for the dedicated department.
    
    A native of Chicago, Il., Victoria received her Bachelor’s from Bowdoin College in Maine with a focus in Latin American Literature, Spanish Language and International Relations. She is currently pursuing her Gemological degree with the Gemological Institute of American and is an aspirant auctioneer for Christie’s.

• Paris

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    Flavien Gaillard

    Head of Design, Europe

    Flavien Gaillard

    Head of Design, Europe

    fgaillard@christies.com+33 (0)1 40 76 84 43

    Prior to joining Christie’s Paris in 2013, Flavien Gaillard was a Design dealer, with an experience of organising two exhibitions dedicated to 1960s French designers Max Sauze and Jean-Louis Avril. Flavien’s expertise lies in developing French design from 1950s and onwards.
    
    In his role as Director of Design, he is searching for furniture from great designers from the post-war period, including Jean Prouvé, Alexandre Noll, Charlotte Perriand, and Jean Royère. In 2017, he organised the sale Tribute to Jean Royère, where he sold a pair of armchairs Ours polaire at a world record of €847,500. In 2018, Flavien was in charge of the Georges Jouve family collection, which became the biggest collection ever sold at an auction, totalling over €1,000,000. In November 2019, Flavien presented a never-before-seen commission by Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand, with unique pieces untouched since 1951. Alongside this collection, a beautiful bookcase Tunisie by Charlotte Perriand sold for €225,000.
    
    >>>"Après avoir réalisé deux expositions monographiques sur les designers Max Sauze et Jean-Louis Avril en tant que marchand, Flavien rejoint Christie’s en 2013 où il développe le Design français de la seconde moitié du XXème siècle. Dans son rôle du directeur du département design, il cherche à présenter les noms importants de la période d'après-guerre tels que Jean Prouvé, Alexandre Noll, Charlotte Perriand, Jean Royère…En 2017, il organise la vente hommage à Jean Royère où une paire de fauteuils Ours polaire est vendue 847 500 € record du monde pour le modèle. En 2018, Flavien était responsable de la collection de la famille Georges Jouve, le plus large ensemble jamais présenté aux enchères et vendu pour plus de 1 000 000 €. En Novembre 2019, il présente une collection inédite de Pierre Jeanneret et Charlotte Perriand restée intacte depuis 1951 aux côtés d’une très belle bibliothèque Tunisie de Charlotte Perriand vendue 225 000 €
    Son expérience et son expertise sur le mobilier français de la seconde moitié du XXème siècle sont des éléments clefs du succès de nos ventes de Paris et à l’international.

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    Sonja Ganne

    Chairwoman

    Sonja Ganne

    Chairwoman

    sganne@christies.com+33 (0)1 40 76 86 21

    After graduating from La Sorbonne in History of Art, Sonja Ganne started her career in the famous François Laffanour – Galerie Downtown. Building on her seven years of experience, she joined Christie’s London in 1997 before coming to Paris in 1998 to create the 20th century decorative art and design department. She launched the first sales in Paris, which fetched world record prices and attracted new French and international collectors.
    
    Sonja Ganne also played a key role in the success of the sale of three major works of art by Rembrandt Bugatti in 2011 (€2,400,000) as well as leading various important sales and developing the department significantly: in 2013 Christie’s sold six unique works of art by Armand Rateau from the apartments of the Duke and Duchess of Alba (€4,500,000).

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    Agathe de Bazin

    Specialist, Head of Sale

    Agathe de Bazin

    Specialist, Head of Sale

    adebazin@christies.com+33 (0)1 40 76 72 54

    After a double degree in Art History at the École du Louvre and in Management of Cultural Goods and Activities at the ESCP business school, Agathe started her career in an international auction house from 2015 to 2020. In April 2020, Agathe de Bazin joined Christie's in the Design department, as a sales manager. She quickly took charge of organising sales, particularly collections that would mark the history of design sales in Paris in 2021: namely the Marion Lambert, Stéphane Danant, Annie and Jean Dalsace (Maison de verre) and also Daniel Lebard collections. All these names sound like ideal opportunities to confront the views of those who are at the origin of the most beautiful design collections of the 20th century. Since her arrival, Agathe has contributed to the numerous world records that have marked these sales: no less than 11 for the Stéphane Danant collection, 2 for Pierre Chareau (in the Annie and Jean Dalsace collection), 24 for the Daniel Lebard collection, as well as the world record for a Claude Lalanne work, the 'Structure végétale' chandelier, which reached €3,740,000.
    
    Après une double formation en histoire de l’Art à l’École du Louvre et en management des biens et des activités culturels à l’ESCP, c’est dans une maison de vente internationale qu’Agathe fera ses premières armes de 2015 à 2020. En avril 2020, Agathe de Bazin fait son entrée chez Christie’s au département Design, en tant que responsable des ventes. Elle y prend rapidement en charge l’organisation de ventes et particulièrement de collections qui marqueront l’histoire des ventes design à Paris en 2021 : à savoir la collection Marion Lambert, Stéphane Danant, Annie et Jean Dalsace (Maison de verre), ou encore celle de Daniel Lebard. Autant de noms qui sonnent comme des occasions rêvées de se confronter aux regards de celles et ceux qui sont à l’origine des plus belles collections de design au XXe siècle. Depuis son arrivée, Agathe a contribué à obtenir les nombreux records mondiaux qui ont rythmé ces ventes : pas moins de 11 pour la collection Stéphane Danant, 2 pour Pierre Chareau (dans la collection d’Annie et Jean Dalsace), 24 pour la collection Daniel Lebard, ainsi que le record mondial pour une œuvre Claude Lalanne, le lustre ‘Structure végétale’ qui a atteint €3,740,000.

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    Robin Beyries

    Junior Specialist

    Robin Beyries

    Junior Specialist

    rbeyries@christies.com+33 (0)1 40 76 72 57

    Robin graduated from Law and History of Art from Panthéon-Sorbonne University, holding a Master’s degree in European Law and a bachelor degree in History of Art. Robin joined the Design department in Paris at the beginning of 2017 and developed his expertise in Design first as in intern and cataloguer with a particular affection for French Art Deco. Over his career Robin has played a central role in the authentication of works under research, with a focus on French Design, and today liaises with an international network of external committees, specialists and institutions. During his time at Christie’s Robin contributed to the success of the ’white glove’ sale of Les Giacometti d’Hubert de Givenchy that achieved the highest result for a Design sale in 2017 (€ 32,748,500) and secured a pair of stools by Diego Giacometti. Set for inclusion in a Paris Design sale in 2019 the pair fetched €394,000.
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    Robin est diplômé en droit et histoire de l’art de l’université Panthéon-Sorbonne. Il est titulaire d’un master en droit européen et d’une licence en histoire de l’art. Il a rejoint le département Design à Paris début 2017 et a développé son expertise en Design, avec une affection particulière pour l’art déco français, d’abord en tant que stagiaire puis catalogueur. Au cours de sa carrière, Robin a eu un rôle clé dans l’authentification d’œuvres faisant l'objet de recherches, en particulier dans le domaine du design français. Aujourd’hui, il est en liaison avec un réseau international de comités externes, spécialistes et institutions. Durant son passage chez Christie’s, Robin a contribué au succès de la vente Les Giacometti d’Hubert de Givenchy, qui a atteint le prix record pour une vente de design en 2017 (€ 32,748,500). Il a également contribué à obtenir un ensemble de tabourets signé Giacometti. Inclut dans une vente Design à Paris en 2019, le prix a atteint €394,000.

• London

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    Design Enquiries

    Design Enquiries

    designenquiries@christies.com