Louis Majorelle
"Nénuphars" Desk
Auction Closed
December 6, 11:14 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Louis Majorelle
"Nénuphars" Desk
circa 1903-1905
mahogany, tooled leather, gilt bronze
41¼ x 70¾ x 40½ in. (104.8 x 179.7 x 102.9 cm)
Private Collection, Paris, circa 1918-1939
Thence by descent
Sotheby's Paris, November 25, 2014, lot 17
The Geyer Collection
Sotheby's New York, The Geyer Collection: Masterworks of Tiffany and Pre-War Design, December 11, 2018, lot 87
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Majorelle-Nancy, Décoration d'intérieurs, Majorelle catalogue, Nancy, circa 1901-6
"Notre programme," Art & Industrie, 1909
Edith Mannoni, Meubles et ensembles style 1900, Paris, 1968, pp. 49, 59
Alastair Duncan, Louis Majorelle, Master of Art Nouveau Design, New York, 1991, no. 46 and pp. 165, 168
L'école de Nancy, 1889-1909, Art Nouveau et industries d'art (exhibition catalogue), Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, France, 1999, p. 162
Paul Greenhalgh, Art Nouveau 1890-1914, London, 2000, p. 44
