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

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Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann

"Bibol Gonse" Corner Cabinet, Model No. NR2432

Auction Closed

December 9, 11:37 PM GMT

Estimate

120,000 - 180,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann

"Bibol Gonse" Corner Cabinet, Model No. NR2432


circa 1927

ébène de Macassar, silvered metal

impressed Ruhlmann and numbered 2/B

39 1/2 x 50 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (100.3 x 128.2 x 59.6 cm)

Commissioned directly from the artist by the Bibol Family
Millon & Associés, Paris, November 25, 1999, lot 162
Laurent Negro, Château de Gourdon, France
Christie's Paris, Les Collections du Château de Gourdon, March 30, 2011, lot 385
Florence Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, New York, 1984, p. 161 (for the model in the Gonse interior, Paris, 1927)
Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, p. 334 (for the present lot illustrated)