ID 773556
Lot 34 | ARMAND ALBERT RATEAU (1882-1938)
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 90 000
Pair of 'Butterfly' Sconces, circa 1928
executed by Baguès, Paris
patinated bronze
8 5⁄8 x 9 7⁄8 x 5 7⁄8 in. (22 x 25 x 15 cm)
each impressed A. A. RATEAU INVR. twice
Provenance
Dubonnet, Neuilly-sur-Seine, commissioned in 1928
Artcurial, Paris, 27 November 2018, lot 65
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Y. Brunhammer, 1925, Paris, 1976, p. 204
V. Arwas, Art Deco, New York, 1980, p. 82
Y. Brunhammer, Le style 1925, Paris, 1987, p. 41, no. 5
J.-P. Bouillon, Art Deco 1903-1940, Geneva, 1989, p. 123
F. Olivier-Vial and F. Rateau, Armand Albert Rateau: Un baroque chez les modernes, Paris, 1992, pp. 21, 23, 32 and 33
H. Guéné, Décoration et Haute couture. Armand Albert Rateau pour Jeanne Lanvin, un autre Art déco, Paris, 2006, p. 125 (for Jeanne Lanvin's example)
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| Artist: | Armand Albert Rateau (1882 - 1938) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Art Deco |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Category: | Wall lights |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
| Artist: | Armand Albert Rateau (1882 - 1938) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Art Deco |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Category: | Wall lights |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
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