Important Design
Important Design
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)
