Lot 65
  • 65

JEAN-CHARLES MOREUX | Low table, circa 1938

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jean-Charles Moreux
  • Low table, circa 1938
  • oak
  • 38,5 x 158 x 45 cm ; 15 1/8 x 62 1/4 x 17 3/4 in.
oak

Provenance

Daguerre, Paris, December 6, 2006, Collection Fenaille, lot 129
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

"Essai d'ensemble moderne qui procède des grandes traditions classiques", Plaisir de France, n. 34, July 1937, pp. 37, 38, 39
Susan Day, Jean-Charles Moreux, Paris, 1999, pp. 198-199
Anne Bony, Meubles et décors des années 40, Paris, 2002, p. 217
Jean-Charles Moreux, Baroque et Surréalisme, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Chastel-Marechal, Paris, July 2012, pp. 64 to 67 and 76 

Condition

Overall very good condition. The wood is slightly dry overall and presents with a few light craquelures and small separations at the junctions of the feet. The wood with a few minute dents and minute chips, concentrated to the edges and consistent with age and use.
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