The Perelman Collection: Masterworks of Design

The Perelman Collection: Masterworks of Design

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Pierre Chareau

Pair of Wall Sconces

Auction Closed

December 6, 07:17 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Pierre Chareau

Pair of Wall Sconces


circa 1923

alabaster, nickeled metal

8¼ x 28 x 8 inches (21.6 x 71.1 x 20.3 cm) each

Christie's Paris, May 18, 2004, lot 36
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Marc Vellay and Kenneth Frampton, Pierre Chareau: Architecte-Meublier, 1883-1950, Paris, 1984, pp. 53, 208 and 214 (for a period photograph of the model exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, 1926)
Brian Brace Taylor, Pierre Chareau, Stuttgart, 1992, p. 65
Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design, exh. cat., Jewish Museum, New York, 2016, pp. 22, 102 (for a period photograph of the model exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, 1924), 132 and 234