LOUIS SOGNOT (1892-1969) ET CHARLOTTE ALIX (1897-1987) - photo 1
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LOUIS SOGNOT (1892-1969) ET CHARLOTTE ALIX (1897-1987)

Lot 20
03.10.2023 16:00UTC +01:00
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Event locationFrance, Paris
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Lot 20 | LOUIS SOGNOT (1892-1969) ET CHARLOTTE ALIX (1897-1987)
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€ 120 000 – 180 000
LOUIS SOGNOT (1892-1969) ET CHARLOTTE ALIX (1897-1987)

Psyché et chaise, les modèles créés en 1929 et 1931

Psyché : métal chromé, métal peint, miroir et verre ; système éclairant / psyche : chrome plated metal, painted metal, mirrored glass and glass ; electrical components

Chaise : métal nickelé, fonte, tissu et laine / chair : nickel plated metal, cast iron, fabric and wool

Psyché : 200 x 210 x 45 cm / psyche : 78 ¾ x 82 ¾ x 17 ¾ in

Chaise : 81,5 x 46 x 54 cm / chair : 32 1/8 x 18 1/8 x 21 ¼ in





Provenance

Collection du Maharajah d'Indore, palais Manik Bagh, Inde, vers 1932, puis par descendance.

Galleria Galatea / Mario Tazzoli, Turin, acquises auprès de cette dernière.

Vente Sotheby's Monaco, Mobilier moderniste provenant du palais du Maharaja d'Indore, 25 mai 1980, lot 212.

Vente Sotheby's New York, Important 20th Century Decorative Arts, 1-2 décembre 1989, lot 761.

Collection privée, Paris.

Galerie Doria, Paris, acquises auprès de cette dernière.

Collection privée, acquises auprès de cette dernière, puis dans la famille par descendance.





Literature

Pour nos exemplaires :

'Palace of a Raja: 1934 Style', Fortune, février 1934, n. 2, p. 67.

'A Palace for the Maharajah of Indore', Harper’s Bazaar, août 1934, p. 59.

R. Descharnes, 'En Inde un Palais 1930', Connaissance des Arts, septembre 1970, n. 223, p. 55, 57.

A. Pica, 'Eckart Muthesius in India, The avant-garde meets history', Domus, avril 1979, n. 593, p. 9.

M. Pietrantoni, 'L’Artificio e l’Illusione, In un teatro moderno d’epoca, Il modo e la forma di Eckart Muthesius', Gran Harper’s Bazaar Italia, juillet-août 1979, p. 71.

A. Bangert, 'Auktion in Monte Carlo: Die Möbel des Maharadschas', Ambiente wohnen international, 1980, p. 159.

P. Garner, Twentieth-Century Furniture, Phaidon, Oxford, 1980, p. 109.

Y. Brunhammer, Les Styles des Années 30 à 50, les éditions de l’illustration, Paris, 1987, p. 50.

Rêves d'alcôves : la chambre au cours des siècles, catalogue d’exposition, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 10 janvier-30 avril 1995, p. 220, cité n. 94-95, 221.

R. Niggl, Eckart Muthesius 1930, Der Palast des Maharadschas in Indore. Architektur und Interieur, Arnoldsche, Stuttgart, 1996, p. 60-61.

Y. Brunhammer, Le mobilier français : 1930-1960, Massin, Paris, 1997, p. 60.

R. Niggl, Eckart Muthesius. India, 1930-1939. Architecture, design, photography, Wanderausstellung des Goethe-Instituts, Berlin, 1999, p. 69.

Le Palais du Maharadjah d'Indore. Photographies. Man Ray, Emil Leitner, Eckart Muthesius, catalogue d'exposition, Galerie Doria, Paris, 15 septembre-18 novembre 2006, p. 97.

A. Jaffer, Fastes occidentaux de Maharajahs. Créations européennes pour l’Inde Princière, Citadelles & Mazenod, Paris, 2007, p. 262.

Maharaja: The Splendour of India's Royal Courts, catalogue d’exposition, Victoria and Albert Museum, Londres, 10 octobre 2009-17 janvier 2010, p. 189.

R. Billé et L. Curtis, Moderne Maharajah. Un mécène des années 1930, catalogue d'exposition, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 26 septembre 2019-12 janvier 2020, p. 112, 165.



Exhibited

Rêves d'alcôves : la chambre au cours des siècles, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 10 janvier-30 avril 1995.

Maharaja: The Splendour of India's Royal Courts, Victoria and Albert Museum, Londres, 10 octobre 2009-17 janvier 2010.

Moderne Maharajah, un mécène des années 1930, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 26 septembre 2019-12 janvier 2020.
Artist:Charlotte Alix (1897-1987)
Louis Sognot (1892 - 1969)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Glass, Mirror glass
Art style:Art Deco
Place of origin:France
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Mirrors
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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