MICHEL DUFET (1888-1985) - photo 1
MICHEL DUFET (1888-1985) - photo 2
MICHEL DUFET (1888-1985) - photo 3
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MICHEL DUFET (1888-1985)

Lot 1
03.10.2023 16:00UTC +01:00
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Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 1030165
Lot 1 | MICHEL DUFET (1888-1985)
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€ 30 000 – 50 000
MICHEL DUFET (1888-1985)

Ensemble de deux fauteuils, vers 1930-1933

Acier nickelé et tissu / nickel plated steel and fabric

Chacun : 100 x 67,5 x 77,5 cm / each : 39 3/8 x 26 5/8 x 30 ½ in





Provenance

Collection du Maharajah d'Indore, palais Manik Bagh, Inde, vers 1930-1933, puis par descendance.

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

Vente Sotheby's Monaco, Mobilier moderniste provenant du palais du Maharaja d'Indore, 25 mai 1980, lot 214.

Vente Sotheby's New York, Important 20th Century Decorative Arts, 1-2 décembre 1989, lot 763.

Collection privée, Paris.

Galerie Doria, Paris, acquis auprès de cette dernière.

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



Literature

Pour nos exemplaires :

R. Descharnes, 'En Inde un Palais 1930', Connaissance des Arts, septembre 1970, n. 223, p. 56-57.

A. Bony, Les années 30 d’Anne Bony, les éditions du regard, Paris, 1987, p. 865.

Y. Brunhammer, Les Styles des Années 30 à 50, les éditions de l’illustration, Paris, 1987, p. 51.

R. Niggl, Eckart Muthesius 1930, Der Palast des Maharadschas in Indore. Architektur und Interieur, Arnoldsche, Stuttgart, 1996, p. 85.

N. Wohllaib, ‘Indisches Gesamtkunstwerk wiederentdeckt’, Design report, juin 1997, p. 95.

R. Niggl, Eckart Muthesius. India, 1930-1939. Architecture, design, photography, Wanderausstellung des Goethe-Instituts, Berlin, 1999, p. 60.

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. 2.



Exhibited

Moderne Maharajah, un mécène des années 1930, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 26 septembre 2019-12 janvier 2020.
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Textile
Art style:Art Deco
Place of origin:France
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Armchairs
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