On the art, Erica Barrish, Senior Specialist for Post War + Contemporary Art, notes that the sale is filled with “important European artists.” She mentions works by Bernard Frize and Ivan Navarro as seminal pieces. Additionally, Barrish is particularly excited about the coming of Aya Takano’s “Birth of Land Dance, Izanagi, Izanami” to market. The largest of the Murakami disciple’s acrylic, ink and graphite works, Barrish also believes it the artist’s most important.

Important works continue on the design side, with Jefferson quick to point out three sofas by Vladimir Kagan among the highlights. The sofas are the largest standard forms produced by the innovative German-born, American trained designer. The biomorphic, boomerang shapes are “an oasis that anchor rooms and give perspective to art work.”

Belgian designer Ado Chale is represented though two coffee tables. Each is produced with enameled steel base and rich top of poured resin punctuated by hematite metal. Similarly, Paul Evans concrete and steel coffee table balances sensual forms and industrial material.

On the balance of the collection, Jefferson also quickly compares the organic forms of an anonymous clay floor lamp to the “Rock” designed by Tatiana Trouve. The eye of the collector and a verve for finding connections in all possessions shining through in this set of items.

In all, the sale (like the collection it derives from) celebrates the diversity of contemporary arts and design. Most importantly, it celebrates the potential of these goods to live in harmony and the importance of anonymous work in the history of modern and contemporary design.
The first lot will go up at noon central time at 1440 Hubbard St. Chicago, IL, on June 24, 2010.

What follows is a look at the collection at home in Paris alongside highlighted lots.