JACQUES GRUBER | DESK AND ARMCHAIR

Auction Closed

December 12, 09:10 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Private Collection of Lloyd and Barbara Macklowe

JACQUES GRUBER

DESK AND ARMCHAIR

circa 1900

walnut, original embossed leather, bronze

desk: 35⅛ x 58 x 29¾ in. (89.2 x 147.3 x 75.5 cm)

armchair: 29½ x 30 x 19½ in. (74.9 x 76.2 x 49.5 cm)

Please note the provenance of lot 213 is as follows: From the contents of a house entirely furnished by Gruber,1905 Galerie Thierry Couvrat Desvergnes, Paris Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1982

From the contents of a house entirely furnished by Gruber,1905

Galerie Thierry Couvrat Desvergnes, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1982

Alastair Duncan, Art Nouveau Furniture, London, 1982, cover and p. 96 (for the desk and chair models)

Victor Arwas, Art Nouveau: The French Aesthetic, London, 2002, p. 324 (for the desk and chair models)

Jacques Gruber et l'Art Nouveau, exh. cat., Musée de l'école de Nancy, 2011, p. 162 (for the desk and chair models)