A Celebration of Art Deco: Masterworks from the Collection of Dr. Stephen E. Kelly Evening Sale
A Celebration of Art Deco: Masterworks from the Collection of Dr. Stephen E. Kelly Evening Sale
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
A Rare and Monumental Luminaire, Model No. NR41 03/AR3720
Auction Closed
December 9, 11:37 PM GMT
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
A Rare and Monumental Luminaire, Model No. NR41 03/AR3720
1928
together with a period marble plinth
executed by the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, France
silvered bronze, porcelain
impressed SEVRES and dated 1928 on one side; the interior numbered and dated S 1927 DN and inscribed MADE IN FRANCE
76 3/4 x 44 1/2 x 29 7/8 in. (194.9 x 113 x 75.6 cm) including the plinth
DeLorenzo Gallery, New York
Galerie Vallois, Paris
Sotheby's New York, June 11, 1997, lot 237
Galerie Vallois, Paris
Sotheby's New York, June 11, 1997, lot 237
Pierre Lahalle, "L'Œuvre de Ruhlmann sur le paquebot Ile-de-France," Mobilier et Décoration, 1927, pp. 149 and 150 (for period photographs of the model on the Ile-de-France liner)
Florence Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, New York, 1984, pp. 131 (for period photographs of the model on the Ile-de-France liner) and 301 (for the model from the Ile-de-France liner)
Louis-René Vian, Arts Décoratifs À Bord des Paquebots Français 1880-1960, Paris, 1992, p. 76 (for period photographs of the model on the Ile-de-France liner)
Ruhlmann: un génie de l'Art déco, exh. cat., Musée des Années 30, Paris, 2002, pp. 113 (for the model at the Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie, Paris) and 114-115 (for period photographs of the model on the Ile-de-France liner)
Art Deco Ceramics, exh. cat., Kelly Gallery, New York, 2014, pp. 14-15 (for the present lot illustrated)
Florence Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, New York, 1984, pp. 131 (for period photographs of the model on the Ile-de-France liner) and 301 (for the model from the Ile-de-France liner)
Louis-René Vian, Arts Décoratifs À Bord des Paquebots Français 1880-1960, Paris, 1992, p. 76 (for period photographs of the model on the Ile-de-France liner)
Ruhlmann: un génie de l'Art déco, exh. cat., Musée des Années 30, Paris, 2002, pp. 113 (for the model at the Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie, Paris) and 114-115 (for period photographs of the model on the Ile-de-France liner)
Art Deco Ceramics, exh. cat., Kelly Gallery, New York, 2014, pp. 14-15 (for the present lot illustrated)