ID 1530115
Lot 20 | ANDRÉ GROULT (1884-1966)
Estimate value
$ 250 000 – 350 000
Important Bed, circa 1925
shagreen, mahogany, oak
38 x 88 5/8 x 66 5/8 in. (96.5 x 225.1 x 169.2 cm)
Provenance
Private Collection, Paris, commissioned directly from the artist, circa 1925
François Issaly, Cannes, 7-8 April 1999
Galerie Jean-Jacques Dutko, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1999
Literature
For the same model in white shagreen created for the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925:
G. Varenne, "L'Exposition des Arts Décoratifs," Art et Décoration, Paris, July 1925, p. 3
G. Boissy, "Les belles chambres à coucher de l'exposition," Les Echos des Industries d'Art, Paris, no. 3, September 1925, p. 9
Les Arts de la Maison, Paris, Spring-Summer 1925, pl. IV
M. Dormoy, "Les Intérieurs à l'Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs," L'Amour de l'Art, Paris, August 1925, p. 316
Les Arts de la Maison, Paris, Fall-Winter 1925, pl. VIII
G. Rosenthal, "La Cour des Métiers et l'Ambassade Française," L'Art Vivant, Paris, no. 20, October 1925, p. 15
"Une Ambassade Française," Paris, November 1925, pl. XXIII
Y. Brunhammer, Le Style 1925, Paris, 1975, p. 21
Encyclopédie des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes au XXème siècle, New York, 1977, vol. IV, pl. XV
P. Kjellberg, Art Deco : Les Maîtres du Mobilier, Paris, 1981, p. 73
L. de Caunes and J. Perfettini, Galuchat, Paris, 1994, p. 92
F. Marcilhac, André Groult, décorateur-ensemblier du XXe siècle, Paris, 1997, pp. 151-153
Further Details
This model was exhibited in the Chambre de Madame of the Ambassade Française at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925.
| Artist: | Andre Groult (1884 - 1966) |
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| Medium: | Wood |
| Art style: | Art Deco |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
| Artist: | Andre Groult (1884 - 1966) |
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| Medium: | Wood |
| Art style: | Art Deco |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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