Piasa
Piasa are an auction house in Paris founded in 1996. They moved to their current location in the rue Saint-Honoré in 2014.
In 2013 they opened Piasa Rive Gauche specialising in sales of post-war design.
Piasa hold regular sales of Modern & Contemporary art, Asian art, jewellery, 20th century design, Old Masters, books & manuscripts, furniture, works of art, photography, wine and spirits.
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Chair prices propelled higher thanks to Picasso
04 March 2024A Parisian sale titled Pablo Picasso and his Friends staged at Piasa in France on February 15 included a series of artworks to which the great man had contributed in some way.
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Latest international auction house appointments
11 October 2021A look at recent new roles across salerooms.
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New joiners and returning faces in the art and antiques sector
23 September 2021A round-up of Movers and Shakers across auction houses in the UK, Europe and US.
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New faces and hires in the art and antiques market in the UK and overseas
27 January 2021An update of moves and other developments from across the art and antiques industry including at Bellmans and Sworders.
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Picasso ceramic portrait at Piasa
16 November 2020This painted and glazed earthenware ceramic by Pablo Picasso from 1956 decorated with a profile Portrait de Jacqueline will feature in the November 25 sale of Modern and Contemporary Art at Piasa in Paris.
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New hires at auction houses Bonhams, Piasa and Charterhouse
14 July 2020An update on the latest Movers and Shakers from across the art and antiques sector.
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Luminaries of Italian mid-century design
26 November 2018Italy, like many European countries whose economies were ravaged during the war, had to face the challenge of picking itself up and starting afresh once hostilities were over.
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Sonia Delauney scarf among prints and fashion at dedicated French auction
09 April 2018Piasa is holding a second auction devoted to the colourful works of the Ukrainian-born artist Sonia Delaunay (1885-1975) on April 26.
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Body art: Paris auction house offers selection of scarves and evening bags in auction of Sonia Delaunay works
07 April 2018This month Piasa is holding a second auction devoted to the colourful works of the Ukrainian-born artist Sonia Delaunay (1885-1975).
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Auction previews from New York and Paris
05 February 2018A selection of stand-out lots in upcoming sales.
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Art Nouveau and Art Deco pioneer inspires joint Paris auction
19 June 2017Alain Lesieutre was one of the dealers and authors who pioneered the revival of interest in Art Nouveau and Deco in the second half of the 20th century.
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New World focus from carpets and tapestries at Piasa auction
05 June 2017A small but select sale of a collection of carpets and tapestries comes up for sale at Piasa in Paris on June 15. The 14 lots of weavings spanning the 16th to 18th centuries have a particular emphasis on Spain and the New World.
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International previews: Paris
05 April 2017Contemporary African art is currently much in vogue in the French capital.
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Piasa’s new Paris premises
15 September 2014As Paris moved into top gear last week with the opening of the ‘Biennale des Antiquaires’ fair at the Grand Palais and the ‘Parcours des Mondes’ tribal art trail, the auction firm Piasa chose this as the moment to unveil their new headquarters at number 118 on the fashionable rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, set midway between Sotheby’s and Christie’s Paris rooms.
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Scandinavian style, exclusive design
14 April 2014The uncompromising Danish furniture designer/carpenter Peder Moos (1906-91) carefully hand-crafted virtually all his distinctive furniture.
Piasa move to bigger headquarters in Paris
14 February 2014Paris auction house Piasa will move this spring to a new location at 118 rue du Faubourg St-Honoré, the prestigious Right Bank shopping street, home to art and antiques galleries and to Sotheby’s Paris.
Piasa have designs on the Left Bank in Paris
11 February 2013Paris auction house Piasa are making a bold leap across the Seine and opening a new saleroom on the rue du Bac, thereby becoming the first Parisian auctioneers to hold sales on the Left Bank.
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The Princess of the Orient
10 August 2004THE 523-lot collection of theatrical souvenirs amassed by French actor and director Jean Darnel was 89 per cent sold by value at Piasa (20.33% buyer’s premium) on June 28, en route to a premium-inclusive €247,000 (£164,665). Thirteen lots were pre-empted by the Comédie Française and nine by the Bibliothèque Nationale.
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Pissarro drawings of Venezuela
21 July 2004A 56-sheet sketch book by Camille Pissarro, 8 x 11in (21 x 28cm), dating from his stay in Venezuela between April and August 1854, sold for €150,000 (£100,000) at Piasa (20.33/13.16% buyer's premium) on June 18.
Perriand piece is the 20th century furniture star at stunning €141,000
13 February 2004Furniture designed by Charlotte Perriand (1903–99) and produced by Steph Simon éditeur, raised some stiff start-of-year prices in the Piasa (17.94/11.96% buyer’s premium) saleroom on January 28.
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