Press release
September 2011
AN EXCEPTIONAL SET OF WORKS BY YONA FRIEDMAN FROM THE ARTISTS STUDIO
AUCTIONED BY CORNETTE DE SAINT CYR ON SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER 2011 AT DROUOT-MONTAIGNE, PARIS
Yona Friedman, Model (detail) - Photograph Fabrice Gousset
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Press contact Caroline Boudehen +33 (0)1 43 20 12 13 cboudehen@communicart.fr
September 28th, 2011
Press release
An exceptionnel set of works by Yona Friedman from the artists studio for sale at Cornette de Saint Cyr
CONTEMPORARY ART AUCTION ON OCTOBER 22nd, 2011 ORGANIzED BY STPHANE CORRARD
Yona Friedman, architect of the Spatial City
A French architect from Hungarian background, Yona Friedman was born in 1923 in Budapest. He was among the first to study the social dynamics of architecture, and set out the theory of Mobile Architecture, a kind of mobility in which inhabitants are given a new freedom to model infrastuctures. Later on, he materialized this theory through the Spatial City project. Countless contemporary architectural projects are inspired by his drawings, models and visionary patterns, showing the significant insights he brought by studying space and the city. His close relationships with prominent artistic figures such as Pierre Restany, Jean Dubuffet or Gottfried Honegger, as well as his recent participation to several international artistic events (Lyon Biennial, Venice Biennial, Cassel Documenta) make him a unique personality, at the croassroad of art and architecture.
Yona Friedman chez lui, 2009
All of his ideas will inspire architects to come, as soon as economic and land issues will be raised. There are loads of intelligence lying dormant.
Frdric Migayrou, vice-president of the Modern Art National Museum / Centre Pompidou, Paris
A series of exceptional models and archives featured in the Contemporary Art auction on October 22nd
On October 22nd, Cornette de Saint Cyr will put up for auction 14 models and set of models typical of the architectural work carried out by Yona Friedman since 1959, including major objects created for the project Bridges of Shanghai, estimated 6,000 60,000. 21 archive boxes ranging from 1990 to 2005, containing the architects notes, texts, drawings, collages, and photographs, will also feature in the auction catalogue. Archives prior to 1990 are part of the Getty Research Institute (estimation upon request). The October 22nd auction is organized by Stphane Corrard, Head of Contemporary Art at Cornette de Saint Cyr, and will be auctioned by Arnaud Cornette de Saint Cyr.
Yona Friedman, Model (detail) Photograph Fabrice Gousset
Exhibition at Drouot-Montaigne - Free entrance October 19-21, 2011 from 11am to 7pm and Saturday 22 October 2011 from 11am to 3pm Public auction on Saturday 22 October 2011 - 8pm
Press contact Caroline Boudehen +33 (0)1 43 20 12 13 cboudehen@communicart.fr
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Practical information
CONTEMPORARY ART AUCTION / Works by Yona Friedman organized by Stphane Corrard Head of Contemporary Art at Cornette de Saint Cyr Auctioneer: Arnaud Cornette de Saint Cyr SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER - 8pm DROUOT-MONTAIGNE 15 AvENUE MONTAIGNE - 75008 PARIS, FR EXHIBITION Wednesday 19 to Friday 21 October 2011 - 11am to 7pm Saturday 22 October - 11am to 3pm at Drouot-Montaigne - Free entrance CATALOGUE available 10 days prior to the auction
Contacts
MAISON DE vENTES CORNETTE DE SAINT CYR 46 avenue Klber 75116 Paris Tl : +33 (0)1 47 27 11 24 Fax : +33 (0)1 45 53 45 24 www.cornette.auction.fr PRESS RELATIONS To request images or interviews, please contact Caroline Boudehen +33 (0)1 43 20 12 13 cboudehen@communicart.fr
