Design

Design

Sale Overview

This spring, the Design auction on 12 June features masterful designs by architects and artists from the last 180 years. Leading this season is the important Tiffany Studios Goddard Memorial Window, from 1909–10, Sold to Benefit the St Luke’s Episcopal Church, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, Endowment and the Mission of its Community. The first half of the 20th century transformed the design lexicon with luxurious designs by Jean Dunand, Paul Dupré-Lafon and Pierre Chareau. The French post-war era is further represented by iconic furniture and lighting by Jean Royère and Jean Prouvé.

Works by Alberto and Diego Giacometti are showcased within the sale by Property from an Important New York Collection, including the ‘Tête de femme’ and ‘Osselet’ floor lamps. The Surrealist movement further stirred François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne, whose works, coming from several private collections, are showcased in the auction, including L’enveloppement d’Europe and Le Métaphore (Canard-Bateau).

Scandinavian design is represented by Paavo Tynell’s iconic ‘Snowflake’ chandelier from a distinguished American collection and further designs by Kaare Klint and Axel Einar Hjorth. Modern masters such as Wendell Castle, Marc Newson and Ron Arad round out the contemporary sculptural design.

Auction times
12 Jun 12:00 PM (EDT)

Our specialist’s selection

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Alexander Heminway

Alexander Heminway

International Head of Design | Design

Alex Heminway is a Senior Vice President and International Head of Design at Christie’s, New York. In his current role, Mr. Heminway is responsible for the global management of the department, which focuses on twentieth- and twenty-first-century decoratitive arts and design. The department holds multiple annual auctions in its various sale sites including New York, London, and Paris. He oversees business strategy with other sale departments, including Post-War and Contemporary Art. In 2019, after nine years at another international auction house, Mr. Heminway returned to Christie’s, where he began his career in 1993. Prior to this most recent auction experience, Mr. Heminway worked at Cove Landing, Manhattan-based dealers in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century English and Continental furniture, fine art, and sculpture. Prior to that he worked in sales for post-war and contemporary art dealer Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, where he also worked on painter Ed Ruscha’s catalogue raisonné. Mr. Heminway has worked in the auction and gallery business in both fine and decorative arts for more than sixteen years between 1993 and the present
Victoria Allerton Tudor

Victoria Allerton Tudor

Vice President, Specialist, Head of Sale | Design

Victoria Tudor began her career with christie’s in 2008 based in New York. As a Specialist with the Decorative Arts department and a contributing member of the Private and Iconic Collections team, Victoria participated in important sales The Private Collection of President & Mrs. Ronald Reagan (2016); the landmark sale of The Peggy and David Rockefeller Collection (2018); and oversale the single owner sale of affable art and antiques dealer Mr. Joel Chen of JF Chen, Los Angeles, Ca. (2018). The opportunity to celebrate the marriage of antique and 20th century design appeared again as Victoria acted as the head of sale for The Collection of A. Jerrold Perenchio (2020), the concurrent single owner online sales of renowned French interior designer Henri Samuel interiors; and contributed as head of Design in the 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.

In Design, Victoria has lead the team to increased marketshare and exponential growth for the category – through a combination of various owner and single owner sale opportunities. As head of sale for Design and Tiffany sales annually, in addition to key roles in unique opportunities such as Tiffany Masterworks from the Garden Museum: A Private Collection (2022), Victoria has also implemented the first mid-season online auction series Modern Collector beginning in Spring 2022. A native of Chicago, Illinois, Victoria received her Bachelor’s from Bowdoin College in Maine with a focus in Latin American Literature, Spanish Language and International Relations. She has her Colored Stones certification from the Gemological Institute of America and is serving as an auctioneer for Christie’s since 2021.
Christina Haselerhansen

Christina Haselerhansen

Associate Specialist | Design

Christina Haselerhansen joined the Design department at Christie’s New York as a Cataloguer in 2021. Prior to this, she earned her Master’s degree from Christie’s Education in London, graduating in 2017 from the History of Art and Art-World Practice: Fine and Decorative Art from Renaissance to Modernism program accredited through the University of Glasgow. Since 2019, Christina has established a career within the auction world. During her time at Christie’s, she has contributed to several high profile sales, including Tiffany Masterworks from the Garden Museum: A Private Collection (June 2022), Sculpting Paradise: The Collection of Marie Lalanne (December 2022), The Ann and Gordon Getty Collection (October 2022 and June 2023), ADAM: Works from the Collection of Adam Lindemann (March 2023), and, most recently, François-Xavier Lalanne, Sculpteur | Collection Dorothée Lalanne (October 2024).

Throughout her tenure, Christina has developed a specialization in works by Tiffany Studios and Les Lalanne (Claude and Franҫois-Xavier Lalanne), and she continues to refine this expertise in her current role as Associate

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