Biennale des Antiquaires 2006
From 15th to 24th September 2006
Grand Palais – Paris
For its come back to the prestigious fair, the Biennale des Antiquaires at Grand Palais -Paris, Anne-Sophie Duval gallery presented a set of important furnitures by Jean-Michel Frank and Armand-Albert Rateau. Also, featured rare objets and elegant furnitures by women creator from Art Deco period such as Eyre de Lanux.
Etienne Cournault
From 8th to 27th September 2008
Galerie Anne Sophie Duval presented the exhibition of Etienne Cournault. Trained at Nancy Fine Art School, Etienne Cournault was exposed to the cubist and surrealist movements first hand. Painter as well as engraver, he explored techniques on painted glass creating many decorative objects as well as paintings exploring themes integrating stains, graffiti and child drawings in his work. Cournault attracted many renowned collectors including Jaques Doucet.
As a member of the UAM, Union des artistes Modernes, Etienne befriended fellow members Pierre Legrain, Rose Adler and Pierre Chareau.
Approximately 15 pieces will be on view in the gallery, some of which were created in close collaboration with Jean Prouvé and Jean Després.
Design Miami Basel / 2011
From 14th to 18th June 2011
Kunsthalle, Basel
For the 2011 edition, the gallery presented a range of pieces designed by emblematic artists who worked alongside Jean-Michel Frank, such as Alberto Giacometti, Emilio Terry, Eyre de Lanux or Evelyn Wyld. The Basel 2011 display featured rare pieces, some of which come from prestigious collections (Jacques Doucet, Pierre Bergé – Yve c.s Saint-Laurent). Also on display were a spectacular carpet by weaver Evelyn Wyld, a desk entirely covered in leather by Jean-Michel Frank, as well as lamps by Alberto Giacometti (plaster and bronze).
PAD Paris 2012
From 29th March to 1st April 2012
At jardin des Tuileries, Paris
Anne-Sophie Duval gallery presented for PAD Paris 2012 a set of iconic furniture from Art Deco period such of the Collector cabinet by Jean Dunand. The gallery also dedicated a part of its booth a re-discovery creator : Elisabeth Joulia and Etienne Cournault.
Primavera
Modern ceramics in Bloom
From 21st March to 20th May 2013
Galerie Anne Sophie Duval celebrated the first day of spring, on 20 March 2013, with a retrospective show dedicated to Primavera ceramics. The pieces selected all resulted from the fertile collaboration between Primavera, the crafts label set up by leading department store Printemps and a groundbreaking pottery studio known as CAB, Céramique d’Art de Bordeaux, founded in 1919 in Caudéran.
Design Miami Basel / 2013
From 11th to 16th June 2013
Kunsthalle, Basel
For this 2013 Design Miami/Basel Edition, the Gallery Anne-Sophie Duval showed iconic pieces from Eileen Gray such as E 1027 table designed for her villa in Roquebrune.
As always, the gallery will celebrate ceramics with a rare floor lamp By André Borderie and traditionnal Art Deco pieces from Primavera.
PAD Paris 2014
From 27th to 30th March 2014
At jardin des Tuileries, Paris
The galleries Anne-Sophie Duval and Mouvements Modernes get together once more for PAD Paris, after their collaboration for the exhibition « La libération de la Forme » in 2010 and the restrospective of the french ceramist « Elisabeth Joulia » in 2011.
Following on from their common work dedicated to post-war ceramics, the galleries Anne-Sophie Duval and Mouvements Modernes present major works from artists who have introduced links between sculptures and earthenware work : Elisabeth Joulia, Jacqueline Lerat & Valentine Schlegel.
Modernity in Progress
From 13th September to 23rd October 2010
With the exhibition “Modernity in progress” Galerie Anne-Sophie Duval collaborated with Galerie Ulrich Fiedler from Berlin during the Biennale 2010 in Paris to pay tribute to the pioneer artists of modernist design.
Alongside work by major designers such as Breuer, Gray, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe or Rietveld, convinced of the need to modernize design and furniture, pieces from artists such as Burkhalter, Baugniet, Damon, Felix Aublet or Adrienne Gorska will provide a broader insight on this period.
Combining aesthetic creation and emergence of new materials, they can be seen precursors of contemporary design.
Design Miami / Basel 2010
From 15th to 19th June 2010
Kunsthalle Basel
Galerie Anne-Sophie Duval was at the prominent Design Miami/Basel global design forum for the first time, as a gallery specialising in Art Deco.
In keeping with its tradition and reputation, Galerie Anne-Sophie Duval was presenting work by Jean-Michel Frank, Pierre Chareau, Alberto Giacometti, Paul Dupré-Lafon, Marc du Plantier, Boris Lacroix and other artists from the 1930s who have become classics without losing any of their irresistible modern appeal.
La libération de la forme
French women ceramists in the 50’s
From 10th December 2009 to 23rd January 2010
Gallery Anne Sophie Duval presents, collectivly with Mouvements Modernes, a selection of ceramics created by eight french artists just after second world war.
Many Ceramic enthusiasts may already know Guidette Carbonell’s « luminous birds », Elisabeth Joulia’s sandstones, Denyse Gatard’s smooth and airy forms, Jacqueline Lerat’s gracious figurines, the mechanical inspiration in Mado Jolain’s forms, Valentine Schlegel’s sensual shapes, the subtle (fine ?) reference to archétypes of Suzanne Ramié’s pieces, or event the primitive eloquence of Véra Szekely’s work.