Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne

Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne

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Property from an Important Pennsylvania Collection

Ernest Boiceau

"Tulipes" Rug

Auction Closed

May 25, 06:32 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important Pennsylvania Collection

Ernest Boiceau

"Tulipes" Rug


circa 1929

hand-woven Point de Cornely wool

with woven signature EBoiceau

313 1/4 x 155 1/2 in. (795.6 x 395 cm)

Commissioned directly from the artist by Diane Tate and Marian Hall, circa 1929

Collection of Andy Warhol, Paris, circa 1970

Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1994

Galerie Eric Philippe, ed., Collections, Paris, 2021, pp. 70-71 (for the present lot illustrated)

Sotheby's would like to thank Mr. Eric Philippe for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.