Nathalie du Pasquier
Growth#71
Egon Investment Scores
Liquidity
6/10
How easily works can be bought and sold at auction
Institutional
8/10
Museum collections, biennials, and institutional recognition
Momentum
7/10
Recent price trends, gallery moves, and market buzz
Discovery
1/10
Undervaluation opportunity relative to peer artists
Risk
2/10
Investment risk factors — higher means more volatile
Market Position
- Pricing
- $159 - $34,073 USD Stable with gradual appreciation since 2020
- Liquidity
- Moderate - regular auction activity but limited volume
- Collector Base
- Design collectors, contemporary art collectors, institutional buyers
- Auction History
- Recent Activity
- Market Segments
- Design objects (Memphis period): Higher valuesPaintings: Mid-range $5,000-$25,000Prints/textiles: Lower range $500-$5,000
- Total Lots Offered
- 222 artworks at auction (MutualArt data)
- Past 12 Months Average
- $8,431 USD
- Auction Record High
- $34,073 USD (In May with Blue Weight and Legs of Flowers, James Adam & Sons, 2021)
Institutional Presence
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Art Institute of Chicago
Smithsonian Institution
MoMA (confirmed presence - design store items)
- Exhibitions
- Campo di Marte, MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art Rome (2021)Big Objects Not Always Silent, Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia (2017)Other Rooms, Camden Arts Centre London (2017-2018)Kunsthalle Wien retrospective (2016) - career-defining surveyArrangements 1993-2023, Villa Noailles Toulon (2024)Volare guardare costruire, Nivola Museum Orani (2025)
- Museum Collections
- Recent Institutional Validation
- MACRO Rome major retrospective (2021)Palais de Tokyo group show (2019)Villa Savoye Le Corbusier site-specific (2022)Kunsthal Aarhus solo (2023)
Career & Biography
- Career
- Career Evolution
- Designer (Memphis Group 1981-1987) → Full-time painter (1987-present)
- Identity
- Birth
- Year
- 1957
- Location
- Bordeaux, France
- Verified Name
- Du Pasquier, Nathalie
- Current Residence
- Milan, Italy (since 1979)
- Family Background
- Father
- Virologist
- Mother
- Art historian
- Formative Experiences
- Travels in West Africa 1975-1977, particularly GabonMoved to Milan 1979Founded Memphis Group 1981 (youngest member)Transitioned from design to painting 1987
- Artistic Context
- Investigation of relationships between objects, space, and perception; boundary between representational and non-representational
Artistic Profile
- Evolution
- Continuous investigation of form, space, and representation across multiple media
- Influences
- West African textiles and patternsWiener WerkstättePiero della FrancescaGiorgio Morandi (still life approach)Byzantine mosaics (Ravenna)
- Movements and Periods
- Memphis Period (1981-1987): Patterns, textiles, decorated surfaces
- Early Painting (1987-2000): Still lifes, figurative work
- Constructed Objects (2000s): Wooden constructions as painting subjects
- Current Practice (2010s-present): Abstract-figurative synthesis
- Techniques and Mediums
- Signature Techniques
- Oil on canvas/paper modular compositionsWooden construction elementsBold geometric color blockingSite-specific wall installations
Critical Reception
- Critical Reception
- Critical Consensus
- Recognized for successfully bridging design and fine art
- Praised for evolution from Memphis to sophisticated painting practice
- Noted for unique investigation of object-space relationships
- Critical acclaim for 2016 Kunsthalle Wien retrospective
- Catalogue Raisonnés
- Multiple exhibition catalogues, no comprehensive catalogue raisonné yet
- Publications and Media
- Major Publications
- Artforum (multiple reviews and features)Frieze Magazine (major 'My Influences' feature)Studio International (comprehensive interview)Surface Magazine (major profile)e-flux, Daily Art Magazine, MOUSSE Magazine features
Gallery & Representation
- Representation
- Regional
- Kerlin Gallery, Dublin (active representation)Galerie Greta Meert, BrusselsAnton Kern Gallery, New York (recent shows)
- Gallery Tier
- Tier 1 (Pace) with strong Tier 2 support
- International
- Pace Gallery (New York, London, Geneva)
- Market Presence
- Strong international presence across major art fairs
- Geographic Reach
- Limited primary market availability, works typically through gallery representation
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