PROUVÉ x BASQUIAT: Art and Design from the Collection of Peter M. Brant and Stephanie Seymour

PROUVÉ x BASQUIAT: Art and Design from the Collection of Peter M. Brant and Stephanie Seymour

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Jean Royère

"Ambassador" Sofa

Auction Closed

December 8, 05:46 PM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Jean Royère

"Ambassador" Sofa


circa 1955

oak, velvet upholstery

43½ x 94 x 31 in. (110.5 x 238.8 x 78.7 cm)

Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, 2012
Jean Royère, décorateur à Paris, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1999, p. 101 (for a drawing of the model)
Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, ed., Jean RoyèreVolume 1, Paris, 2012, pp. 36, 38-40, 178 and 180
Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, ed., Jean RoyèreVolume 2, Paris, 2012, pp. 42 and 135
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2017, p. 48

The model was designed for the Ambassador Hotel of Jerusalem in 1955.