Born in France, Thierry Despont studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and earned a Master’s in Urban Design from Harvard. After founding his architectural firm in 1980, he built a prestigious reputation, working on landmark projects such as the Statue of Liberty’s Centennial Restoration, the J. Paul Getty Museum’s Decorative Arts Galleries, and high-end hotels like the Carlyle in New York and Claridge’s in London. His many high profile clients included the likes of Bill Gates and Calvin Klein.
While best known for these projects, Despont was a no less accomplished visual artist. His enthusiasms were myriad, and his work focused on an almost incredible range of subjects, including but not limited to entymology, ichthyology, anthopology, history, and astronomy. The very smallest of earth's creatures, like insects, captivated him no less than the universe’s very largest—planetary bodies and the cosmos. All of his work was informed by an unrivaled art-historical expertise, lead by a wholly unique imagination, and driven by an omniverous curiousity for life and the very nature of existence.
A Knight of the French Legion of Honor and an Interior Design Hall of Fame inductee, Despont also authored design books. He exhibited his paintings and sculptures globally, notably at the Marlborough Gallery in New York, London, and Monaco.
$12,000
H 12.5 in W 7.75 in D 4 in
Thierry Despont, Found Object Insect Sculpture, United States, c. 2007
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont was best-known for his very successful architectural practice—but he was also an accomplished artist. Some of his most interesting works are a series of sculptures fa...
Metal
$15,000
H 7 in W 15.5 in D 3.5 in
Thierry Despont, Found Object Insect Sculpture, United States, c. 2007
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont was best-known for his very successful architectural practice—but he was also an accomplished artist. Some of his most interesting works are a series of sculptures fa...
Metal
Thierry Despont, Found Object Insect Sculpture, United States, 2008
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont was best-known for his very successful architectural practice—but he was also an accomplished artist. Some of his most interesting works are a series of sculptures fa...
Metal
$15,000
H 5 in W 16 in D 2.5 in
Thierry Despont, Found Object Insect Sculpture, United States, c. 2007
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont was best-known for his very successful architectural practice—but he was also an accomplished artist. Some of his most interesting works are a series of sculptures fa...
Metal
$18,000
H 10 in W 26.5 in D 7.5 in
Thierry Despont, Found Object Insect Sculpture, United States, c. 2007
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont was best-known for his very successful architectural practice—but he was also an accomplished artist. Some of his most interesting works are a series of sculptures fa...
Metal
$18,000
H 5 in W 25 in D 9.5 in
Thierry Despont, Found Object Sculpture of Insect, United States, 20th Century
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont was best-known for his very successful architectural practice—but he was also an accomplished artist. Some of his most interesting works are a series of sculptures fa...
Metal
MS 16, Assemblage Insect Sculpture
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont was best-known for his very successful architectural practice—but he was also an accomplished artist. Some of his most interesting works are a series of sculptures f...
Steel
$12,000
H 5.5 in W 5.5 in D 10 in
Thierry Despont, Found Object Sculpture of Insect, United States, 20th Century
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont was best-known for his very successful architectural practice—but he was also an accomplished artist. Some of his most interesting works are a series of sculptures fa...
Metal
Thierry Despont, Insect 49, Found Object Insect Sculpture, US, c. 2007
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont was best-known for his very successful architectural practice—but he was also an accomplished artist. Some of his most interesting works are a series of sculptures fa...
Metal
$12,000
H 8.5 in W 5.75 in D 3.5 in
Thierry Despont, Found Object Insect Sculpture, United States, c. 2007
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont was best-known for his very successful architectural practice—but he was also an accomplished artist. Some of his most interesting works are a series of sculptures fa...
Metal
Mark Brazier-Jones, Astrocharger, Candleholder, UK, Circa 1990
By Mark Brazier-Jones
Located in New York, NY
Since the start of his career in 1983 (as a founding member of the Creative Salvage Group), Brazier-Jones has honed a collection and philosophy unique within the concept of functiona...
Bronze, Wrought Iron
Ani Afshar, Untitled, Framed Collage, United States, 2015
By Ani Afshar
Located in New York, NY
While her work shows a deep-felt connection and appreciation for the rich textile heritage of both Turkey and the Near East, Ani Afshar is, nevertheless, fearless in her experimentat...
Beads
Ani Afshar, Indian Moments XII, Framed Collage, United States, 2016
By Ani Afshar
Located in New York, NY
While her work shows a deep-felt connection and appreciation for the rich textile heritage of both Turkey and the Near East, Ani Afshar is, nevertheless, fearless in her experimentat...
Beads
Fred Brouard, "Sterne" Modernist Sculpture, France, 1972
By Fred Brouard
Located in New York, NY
This piece in polished aluminum, elevated on a rectangular, black pedestal, by Fred Brouard, illustrious and groundbreaking French sculpture and furniture maker of the mid-to-late tw...
Aluminum
Fred Brouard, "Oiseau Hélicoptère" Sculpture, France, 1990
By Fred Brouard
Located in New York, NY
Unique piece. Composed of walnut, this piece is an arrangement of walnut parts that move on a set of bronze hinges, the effect of which is that of a bird in flight.
Brass
Mario Dal Fabbro, Sculpture, United States, 1983
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in New York, NY
Signed: Mario Dal Fabbro, 1983 Marked: I. 8 Typical of the sculptural output of dal Fabbro, the lines of this piece shift rhythmically depending on the viewer's position. The art...
Wood
