André Dubreuil b. 1951

waxed, bent and welded sheet steel, with acetylene torch decoration

Themes & Variations, London

Claire Downey, Neo-Furniture, New York, 1992, p. 57
Jean-Louis Gaillemin, André Dubreuil Poet of Iron, Paris, 2006, pp. 27, 46-47, 114, 126-127, cat. no. 38
Gareth Williams, The Furniture Machine: Furniture since 1990, London, 2006, pp. 24-25 

Some very minor scratches to surface consistent with age. A few signs of rust particularly to one area on seat but nothing distracting. An elegant piece with exceptionally good contrast within patination.
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The `Paris' chair was introduced at Dubreuil's first one-man show in Paris at the Yves Gastou gallery in 1988. The leopard spot motif has since been used on many of his pieces, including a two metre wide commode and a large mirror which hangs above it.  Karl Lagerfeld, who purchased five items at the Gastou show, declared Dubreuil's style to be `a cross between baroque and Conan-le-Barbare style sci-fi' (Gaillemin, op. cit. p. 44).

Twenty-four examples of the `Paris' chair were made in two versions.