: The 1229 lots of Hubert De Givenchy Collectionneur #IndiaNEWS #IANS Life By IANSlifeNew Delhi, June 1 (IANSlife) Christies announces the full list of 1,229 lots in the much-anticipated Hubert de Givenchy

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The 1229 lots of Hubert De Givenchy Collectionneur #IndiaNEWS #IANS Life
By IANSlifeNew Delhi, June 1 (IANSlife) Christies announces the full list of 1,229 lots in the much-anticipated Hubert de Givenchy Collectionneur, which will be auctioned live in Paris and online between June 8 and 23.
Hubert de Givenchys life and work exemplified a constant and successful quest for an ideal, that of classical beauty, as a passionate aesthete deeply rooted in his countrys culture. The extraordinary variety and richness of works in the Hubert de Givenchy Collectionneur perfectly represents the world-renowned couturiers deep passion for objects and impeccable taste, ensuring that these auctions will be a must-see event as well as a tribute to the great collector. The collection is expected to cost around €50 million in total.
Selected highlights from the auctions as follows:
PROVENANCE
For Hubert de Givenchy, each object had a life of its own, appreciating its seduction and the memory which originated from it. For him, appreciation and engagement came not only from the beauty of the object, but also from its provenance, and the auctions are filled with such pieces of prestigious provenance.
In the 1950s, the young couturier began his second career as an art collector. From the collection of Coco Chanel, who invited him regularly for dinner, comes a superb Régence console (estimate €60,000-100,000), while from the collection of José-Maria and Misia Sert comes a rare Italian neoclassical console table, probably the work of Torinese craftsmen active at the court of Savoy (estimate €12,000-18,000).
From the Palais Murat, the home of a very important collection visited by the royal families of the 19th century, comes a shaped porphyry potpourri vase , probably acquired by the King of Naples around 1780 (estimate €60,000-100,000). Of Imperial provenance are a pair of monumental girandoles attributed to Pierre-Philippe Thomire for Tsar Paul I of Russia (estimate €700,000-1,000,000). These sculptural pieces surrounded the access to the garden at his Paris home, the Hotel dOrrouer. In the same salon, any visitors eye was drawn to a set of Regency ormolu-mounted vases attributed to Vulliamy Son delivered around 1807 to the 1 st Earl of Harewood (estimate €100,000-150,000). Today, the name of Hubert de Givenchy is synonymous with a prestigious provenance, sought-after by the most discerning collectors.
ARCHITECTURE
From fashion to decoration, Hubert de Givenchy approached his projects as an architect, as did his mentor Cristóbal Balenciaga. Architecture embodies Givenchys ideal of balance, harmony and majesty, and is therefore omnipresent in many of the pieces included in the Collection, as it is the case with a superb baroque bronze censer from Augsburg (estimate €30,000-50,000), and a pair of late Louis XV candlesticks attributed to Pierre Gouthiere (estimate €60,000-100,000).

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