Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne

Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne

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Property from the Collection of Dr. Stephen E. Kelly

Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann

"Bibol Gonse" Corner Cabinet, Model No. NR2432

Auction Closed

May 25, 06:32 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Dr. Stephen E. Kelly

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
Acquired from the above
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)