Artcurial
Artcurial is an auction house in France that operate from the Hôtel Dassault in Paris, a Belle Epoque mansion on the Champs-Elysées.
It was founded in the 1970s as an art gallery in the Sabatier Espeyran Hôtel.
They now operate in eight countries including Italy, Germany, Belgium, Austria and Monaco.
Museums home in on Claudel works
04 December 2017Plaudits were deserved in Paris on November 27 for Camille Claudel (1864-1943) when Artcurial’s (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) dedicated sale of 20 of the sculptor’s works were offered direct from her family.
Wholesale evidence of Emile Zola’s photography talent offered at Paris auction
01 December 2017Famed as a prolific author, art critic, and champion of French Impressionism, Emile Zola (1840-1902) had yet another string to his bow. He was, it transpires, an early adopter of the art of photography and a keen practitioner.
All lots sold and record set in auction of 20 lots by designer Charlotte Perriand
06 November 2017Artcurial’s (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) auction focus on Charlotte Perriand, the celebrated 20th century French designer and a current hot ticket in the design market, took the form of a select sale of just 20 lots chosen to showcase her strengths and versatility.
Camille Claudel family collection comes to auction
23 October 2017Paris saleroom Artcurial will offer a group of 20 works from the family of Camille Claudel (1864-1943) for sale on November 27.
First French version of The Little Prince
17 July 2017Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s much-loved tale of The Little Prince was first published in New York in 1943, with Reynal & Hitchcock issuing it in both French and English versions.
French sales figures: Christie’s in Paris pole position as first-half 2017 results appear
15 July 2017A number of the French auction rooms have released their sales figures for the first half of the year, with Christie’s Paris operation taking the top slot.
Ceremonial uniform designed for Napoleon’s marshals leads auction of Oudinot family collection
19 June 2017An elaborate ceremonial costume worn by one of Napoleon’s marshals led a dispersal of a family collection preserved by his descendants in a French château in Sarthe in Western France.
Le Corbusier lights withdrawn at last minute from French auction
10 June 2017A group of more than 100 metal light fittings designed for a major French housing complex by Le Corbusier (aka Charles Edouard Jeanneret) has been unexpectedly withdrawn from a design sale at the French auction house Artcurial.
Auguste Rodin’s marble Andromeda takes €3.1m at Artcurial
01 June 2017In the centennial year of Auguste Rodin’s death, a clutch of works by the famous sculptor have been going under the hammer in Paris. The latest came up for sale at Artcurial when a marble figure drew no less than 11 bidders.
Chinese automaton clock chimes at Paris auction
08 May 2017Classic antiques from furniture and works of art to scientific instruments and a Roman marble torso all feature in Artcurial’s evening sale in its Paris rooms on May 16.
Tintin takes Chicago taxi ride to Paris auction
24 April 2017Tintin has had another good day out in Paris. In an Artcurial sale on April 8 a European collector paid €753,000 (£643,815), including premiums and taxes, to buy an ink drawing done by Hergé for the 1937 comic book Tintin in America.
Paris sales double up Degas and Gros
18 April 2017Among the raft of dedicated works on paper auctions staged for the recent Drawings Week in Paris were two market-fresh sales devoted to family collections of works by a single French artist.
Rodin turns heads in Paris and Pau
05 April 2017With this year marking the centenary of the sculptor’s death, Auguste Rodin is much in the news. While the Grand Palais in Paris is marking the event with a major exhibition, Fraysse et Associés sold a 2ft 1in (64cm) high lifetime cast bronze figural group for €1.55m (£1.35m) at Drouot on March 22.
Auguste Rodin sculptures turn heads at Paris auctions
28 March 2017Auguste Rodin is very much in the news at the moment. 2017 marks the centenary of the death of the French sculptor, who was the most famous exponent of the medium in his time, and the Grand Palais in Paris is celebrating the event with a major exhibition.
Piece of Eiffel Tower staircase sells for over €500,000 at Paris auction
26 November 2016Like the Statue of Liberty or Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower is symbolic of the skyline of one of the world’s great cities. The ultimate Parisian souvenir, sold in model form to tourists round the world, what would you give to have a piece of the real thing to take home?
1957 Ferrari sells for $50 million
15 February 2016A 1957 Ferrari 355 S Scaglietti sold at the Artcurial Motorcars auction for €32.1m (£24.7m) with premium to an international collector after “a tense, 11-minute bidding battle”.
Artcurial enhance Monaco presence
21 July 2015Paris auction house Artcurial have formed a new subsidiary to conduct regular sales in Monaco.
Artcurial pass Christie’s in French auctions as Sotheby’s lead the field
03 February 2015Strong sales of Modern and Contemporary art plus the Félix Marcilhac decorative arts collection helped propel Sotheby’s to the highest auction total in France in 2014, with sales figures of €213m.
Dream machines – the ultimate barn find heads for Paris sale
16 December 2014One of the greatest ‘barn finds’ ever has uncovered 60 classic cars – just one of which is a rare Ferraris valued at several million pounds – in outbuildings in the west of France.
Artcurial show Austrian ambitions
23 June 2014French auctioneers Artcurial are expanding their reach by opening an office in Austria, following on from the Milan and Brussels branches established in 2012.
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