JEAN ROYÈRE (1902-1981)

Lot 16
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ID 921167
Lot 16 | JEAN ROYÈRE (1902-1981)
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JEAN ROYÈRE (1902-1981)

'Ours Polaire' Sofa and Pair of Armchairs, circa 1952

painted beech, original mohair fabric upholstery

sofa: 30 5/8 x 94 x 54 1/4 in (77.8 x 238.8 x 137.8 cm)

each armchair: 27 1/2 x 38 1/2 x 37 3/4 in (69.9 x 97.8 x 95.9 cm)

one armchair with plastic label printed JEAN ROYÈRE





Provenance

Madame Lebon, Chantilly, acquired directly from the artist

Galerie Downtown François Laffanour, Paris

Private Collection, 2000

The Collector: Icons of Design, Phillips, New York, 16 December 2014, lot 26

Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

“Aménagements officiels et installations privées par Jean Royére,” Mobilier Décoration, no. 7, Paris, October 1951, pp. 22-23

“La Résidence Française,” Art et Industrie, no. 8, June 1947, p. 20

Jean Royère: Décorateur à Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, exh. cat., Paris, 2000, pp. 9-10, 12, 16, 25, 41, 60, 62-63, 70-72, 76, 78, 80, 115, 122-123, 125, 151, 161, 163 and 165

P. Favardin, Les Décorateurs des années 50, Paris, 2002, pp. 72 and 334

P. E. Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2002, pp. 35, 45, 143, 210-211, 226-232, 233 (for an illustration of the present lot), 238, 241 (for an illustration of the present armchair), 247, 266, 285

J. Lacoste and P. Seguin, Jean Royère, vol. 1, Paris, 2012, pp. 6-7, 26, 30-34, 46, 67-68, 75, 80-81, 94-107, 126-127, 158, 160, 162-163, 172, 192, 218, 250, 266

J. Lacoste and P. Seguin, Jean Royère, vol. 2, Paris, 2012, pp. 6, 42-43, 46-47, 82-83 (for a sketch of the suite), 274 (sketch of the armchair)

P.E. Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2017, pp. 15, 35, 50-51, 157, 218-219, 234-240, 241 (for an illustration of the suite), 246, 254, 257, 269, 278, 300 and frontispiece



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Please note the original commission of this suite was for Madame Lebon, Chantilly, and not ‘Leblon’ as originally stated.
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