GASTON SUISSE (1896-1988)

Lot 87
11.12.2024 14:00UTC -05:00
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$ 6 000
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ID 1357022
Lot 87 | GASTON SUISSE (1896-1988)
Estimate value
$ 6 000 – 8 000
GASTON SUISSE (1896-1988)
Covered Box, circa 1929
lacquered wood, oxidized silver-leaf and powdered silver
2 ¾ in. (7 cm) high, 6 ¼ in. (15.7 cm) diameter
signed G. SUISSE




Provenance

Private Collection, France, acquired directly from the artist
Thence by descent
Tajan, Paris, 12 December 2007, lot 169
Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

J. de la Tour, "Les dernières créations pour le nouvel an," Les échos des Industries d'art, Paris, November 1927, no. 238, p. 15 (for related examples)
"L'art décoratif au salon d'automne," L'art Vivant, Paris, November 1927, no. 70, p. 925 (for related examples)
E. Bréon, Gaston Suisse 1896-1968, Splendeur du Laque Art Déco, Paris, 2013, p. 116 (present lot illustrated)



Exhibited

Paris, Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, Salon d'Automne, November - December 1929, no. 1519.
Paris, Galerie Félix Marcilhac, Gaston Suisse, October - November 2013, pp. 78-79 (present lot illustrated).



Further Details

Christie’s would like to thank Dominique Suisse for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
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