André Groult

Pair of Armchairs and Ottoman

Auction Closed

June 9, 06:24 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important American Collection

André Groult

Pair of Armchairs and Ottoman

designed 1919, executed 1921

walnut, mahogany, fabric upholstery

each impressed ANDRE GROULT, CX, dated MCMXXI and with the artist's mark; the armchairs impressed I and II respectively; the ottoman impressed III and IV

armchairs: 40⅞ x 31¾ x 24⅝ in. (104 x 80 x 62 cm) each

ottoman: 21½ x 31¾ x 24 in. (58.5 x 80 x 61 cm)

Tajan Paris, November 20, 2001, lot 8

Claude and Simone Dray, Paris

Christie's Paris, Collection Claude et Simone Dray - Art Déco, June 8, 2006, lot 10

Guillaume Janneau, "Notre Enquête sur le Mobilier Moderne: André Groult - Fernand Nathan," Art et Décoration, June 1920, p. 186 (for the armchair model in the bedroom of M. Simon Gantillon)

Léon Moussinac, Le Meuble Français, Paris, 1925, pl. 40

Félix Marcilhac, André Groult, Paris, 1996, p. 83 (for the armchair model in the bedroom of M. Simon Gantillon)