- Paris’ Sale of the Century
- Inside the Christie’s Auction of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé’s Collection, with Exclusive Photos from the Architectural Digest Archives
- Text by Mark Ginsburg Published July 2009
- GRAND SALON, 1976
Architectural Digest shot the couple’s apartment in 1976.
1. Italian $109,576
2. Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann $202,393
3. Jean Dunand $418,966
4. Armand Albert Rateau $1,455,422
5. French (pair) $125,045
6. Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann $94,106
7. Jules Leleu $44,604
8. After Giambologna and Pietro Tacca (pair) $388,027
9. Pierre Legrain $589,130
10. Armand Albert Rateau $388,027
11. French $148,24912. Eileen Gray $28,238,277
- GRAND SALON, 1976
Architectural Digest shot the couple’s apartment in 1976.
1. Jean Dunand $81,731
2. Attributed to Pierre Reymond $137,421
3. Jean Dunand $125,045
4. Jean Dunand $66,261
5. Albert Cheuret $403,496
6. Sir Edward Burne-Jones $774,764
7. Alfred Porteneuve (pair) $155,984
8. French (four) $132,780
9. Ernest Boiceau $774,76
- GRAND SALON, 2008
When Christie’s photographed the apartment in the fall of 2008, the grand salon remained mostly unchanged, although the walls were now lined with paintings.
1. Giorgio de Chirico $14,233,2262. Augsburg $233,3323. Fernand Léger $7,158,5094. Fernand Léger $4,559,6345. Augsburg $233,3326. Nuremberg $148,2497. 19th century $140,5158. Fernand Léger $4,848,3989. Thomas Gainsborough $2,827,05010. Henri Matisse $10,623,67711. Juan Gris $1,383,231- 12. Probably Italian $47,698
- SALON DE MUSIQUE
Hall of Mirrors
Saint Laurent and Bergé were patrons of art and design as well as collectors. In 1974 the couple commissioned a pair of mirrors from Claude Lalanne for the music room of their rue de Babylone apartment. Ultimately, 15 bronze mirrors with foliate motifs by Lalanne covered the walls. Visible through the space is a Roman torso in the entrance hall.
1. Claude Lalanne $94,106
2. Roman $1,671,995
3. Claude Lalanne (15) $2,393,905
4. Jean Dunand (pair) $808,660
- BIBLIOTHÈQUE
Light and Bright
“There is a theme and a continuity to my collections. Of course, there are always fantasies, but it is the base that counts,” Saint Laurent told Architectural Digest in 1976. During AD’s visit, a Joseph Csaky bas-relief was on the fireplace.
1. Joseph Csaky $186,9232. French $32,228- 3. Vilmos Zsolnay $44,604
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Jeez, quoting prices is very indicative of one's class level.
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