Important Design
Important Design
Property from the Private Collection of Lloyd and Barbara Macklowe
HECTOR GUIMARD | DOORBELL
Auction Closed
December 12, 09:10 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Private Collection of Lloyd and Barbara Macklowe
HECTOR GUIMARD
DOORBELL
circa 1905-1910
executed by the Maison Cottin, France
gilt bronze
7¾ x 4½ x 1⅞ in. (19.6 x 11.4 x 4.8 cm)
Félix Marcilhac, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1980
Philippe Thiébaut, Guimard, exh. cat., Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1992, p. 374
Georges Vigne, Hector Guimard, Architect Designer 1867-1942, New York, 2003, p. 144 (for a related doorbell model)
A variant of the model is held in the permanent collection of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York.