Important Design

Important Design

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Property from an Important European Collection

Jean Royère

A Rare "Sculpture" Suite

Auction Closed

June 6, 04:43 PM GMT

Estimate

1,200,000 - 1,800,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important European Collection

Jean Royère

A Rare "Sculpture" Suite


circa 1955

comprising a sofa and two armchairs

oak, mohair upholstery

sofa: 34 ¼ x 85 x 42 in. (87 x 216 x 106.7 cm)

armchairs: 27 ¼ x 28 ¾ x 35 in. (69.2 x 73 x 88.9 cm) each

Galerie de Beyrie, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1990s

Galerie Jacques Lacoste, ed., Jean Royère, Paris, 1999, p. 68 (for the armchairs)

Catherine and Stéphane de Beyrie, ed., Jean Royère, New York, 2000, pp. 48-51 (for the armchairs)

Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2002, pp. 42 and 261 (for the armchairs); 262-263 (for the sofa)

Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, ed., Jean Royère, vol. 1, Paris, 2012, pp. 52-55, 114, 275 (for the armchairs); 86 (for the sofa); 274 (for both the armchairs and the sofa)

Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, ed., Jean Royère, vol. 2, Paris, 2012, pp. 19 and 49 (for the armchairs), 270-273 (for drawings of the armchairs); 45 (for the sofa)