Lot 129
  • 129

Serge Mouille, 1922-1988

Estimate
10,000 - 12,000 EUR
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Description

  • Serge Mouille
  • Suspension à trois bras de lumière mobiles, vers 1953
  • haut. 60 cm, larg. maximum 180 cm, prof. 125 cm
en métal laqué noir. Réflecteurs articulés sur une rotule en laiton, laqués blanc à l'intérieur

Literature

Pierre Emile Pralus, Serge Mouille, un classique français, éd. du Mont Thou, 2006, 195 ; Binoche et Godeau, Le regard d'Alan, catalogue de vente du 6 octobre 1991, à Drouot  Montaigne, lot n°11 ; Jean Prouvé Serge Mouille, catalogue de l'exposition des galeries Delorenzo et Alan, New York et Paris, 1985 ; Alain & Christine Counord, Serge Mouille luminiares 1953 - 1962, catalogue de l'exposition à la Galerie 1950, Paris, 1983, pp. 18 et 28, Décor d'aujourd'hui, n°95, 1955, variante reproduite, p. 294

Condition

Fines rayures d'usage et petites traces de rouille sur la monture. Oxydations aux rotules de laiton et quelques rayures en surface de la laque sur les réflecteurs. Bon état général Thin scratches of use and little signs of rust on the mount. Oxidation stain at the brass of the rotating system and thin scratches on the lacquer's surface of the lampshades. Good overall condition
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