JEAN ROYÈRE (1902-1981)

Lot 34
07.11.2023 19:00UTC -05:00
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Starting price
$ 500 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1059095
Lot 34 | JEAN ROYÈRE (1902-1981)
Estimate value
$ 500 000 – 700 000
JEAN ROYÈRE (1902-1981)

'Ours Polaire' Sofa, 1952

cherry, ash, original mohair fabric upholstery

31 ¼ x 91 7⁄8 x 52 ¾ in. (79.3 x 233.6 x 134 cm.)





Provenance

Monsieur Philbert, 60 Avenue Victor Hugo, Paris, acquired directly from the artist, 1952

Thence by descent

Galerie du Passage, Paris, 1992

Private Collection, New York

Laffanour-Galerie Downtown, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2018



Literature

"La Résidence Française", Art et Industrie, 1947, n. 8, p. 20.

"Before ... After", Décor d'Aujourd'hui, 1948, no. 47, p. 45.

"Chez Jean Royère à Paris", Plaisir de France, March 1949, p. 37.

Ensembles Mobiliers, vol. XV, Paris, 1955, pl. 23.

C. Opole, "Quartier libre de fantaisie" Mobilier et Décoration, November 1958, pp. 4-5.

Jean Royère Mobilier, exh. cat, Paris, 1992, pp. 28, 86-87.

P. Passebon, Jean Royère, exh. cat. Galerie du Passage, Paris, October 1992 - January 1993, pp. 86-87 (illustrated), 136 (for a copy of the original invoice).

Jean Royère, exh. cat., Galerie Jacques Lacoste, Paris, 1999, pp. 24, 40, 82, 83 (illustrated), 84-85, 111.

Jean Royère, Décorateur à Paris, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1999, pp. 9-10, 12, 25, 41, 60, 63, 70-72, 76, 115, 122-123, 130, 161, 165.

J. Lacoste and P. Seguin, Jean Royère, vol. 1, Paris, 2012, pp. 6-7, 26-27, 30-32, 80-81, 94-98, 100, 102-105, 107, 126-127, 158, 162, 172, 180, 218, 250, 266.

J. Lacoste and P. Seguin, Jean Royère, vol. 2, Paris, 2012, pp. 6-7, 42-43, 82-83, 238-241.

P. E. Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2017, pp. 4-5, 157, 218-219, 234-237, 240-241, 278, 300.



Exhibited

Galerie du Passage, Paris, Jean Royère, October 1992 - January 1993, pp. 86-87 (illustrated).
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