The Perelman Collection: Masterworks of Design

The Perelman Collection: Masterworks of Design

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Pierre Chareau

Illuminated Mirror

Auction Closed

December 6, 07:17 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Pierre Chareau

Illuminated Mirror


circa 1930

model no. MG820

patinated steel, mirrored and frosted glass

22¼ x 35 x 5 inches (56.5m x 88.9 x 12.7 cm) fully extended

Galerie Vallois, Paris
Karl Lagerfeld, Paris
Sotheby's Paris, Collection Karl Lagerfeld, May 15, 2003, lot 37
Acquired from the above by the present owner
René Herbst, L’architecte Pierre Chareau, Paris, 1954, p. 97
Marc Vellay and Kenneth Frampton, Pierre Chareau: Architecte-Meublier, 1883-1950, Paris, 1984, p. 335
Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design, exh. cat., Jewish Museum, New York, 2016, p. 154 (for a variant of the model with an alabaster light diffuser)