garouste and bonetti
© Simon Kentish
In 1983, Garouste and Bonetti began working with the french gallery En Attendant les Barbares . Their first pieces depicted the contours of a very personal universe, which abolished the boundary between decorative art and design, laying the foundations for what would later be called “collectible design”. In the early 2000s, Garouste and Bonetti separated, leaving the gallery En Attendant the Barbarians the exclusive rights to continue to publish their joint creations. Fourches, Asturias, Feuilles, or Olympiade, are as many lines in wrought iron that make it possible to realize pieces made to measure, declined in different formats and finishes. Today, their sucess with collectors has asserted itself, with some results in auction houses reaching impressive highs, like an armchair, sold at Sothebys in 2023 for 444 000 euros.
Pierre Basse,
an exceptional craftsman
© Simon Kentish
At the age of 14, Pierre Basse began working with Diego Giacometti. Over the years, a very strong bond united these two discreet personalities. For decades, chairs, tables, consoles, chandeliers were created with a joyful blend of animal sculptures that added fantasy to neoclassical forms. Their last collaboration would take place at the opening of the Picasso Museum, for which Diego Giacometti created furniture and chandeliers. In 1985, Diego passed away. A new encounter would be decisive: that of Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti, whose first creations were published by the gallery En Attendant les Barbares. Forty years later, Pierre Basse is still the exclusive ironworker of the gallery, for which he makes all the wrought iron pieces beated by hand.
Pierre Basse is also called upon to expertise the works of Diego Giacometti by prestigious auction houses, such as Sothebys and Christies.
