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The Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection

Eileen Gray

An Important Chair from E-1027

Auction Closed

June 7, 06:14 PM GMT

Estimate

120,000 - 180,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

The Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection

Eileen Gray

An Important Chair from E-1027


circa 1926-1929

offered en suite with the preceding lot

nickel-plated metal, original fabric upholstery

33 x 15½ x 20 in. (83.8 x 39.4 x 50.8 cm)

E-1027, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, circa 1926-1929
Sotheby's Monaco, October 1991, lot 332
Galerie Doria, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Peter Adam, Eileen Gray: Architect | Designer, New York, 1987, pp. 229 (for another example of the model), 253 (for an example of the model in Jean Badovici’s apartment), 312 (for one of the six chairs from E-1027) and 371 (for another example of the model in a 1979 exhibition organized by the Scottish Arts Council) 
Philippe Garner, Eileen Gray; Design and Architecture 1878-1976, Köln, 1993, p. 107 (for another example of the model) 
Caroline Constant, Eileen Gray, London, 2000, pp. 111 (for one of the six chairs from E-1027) and 138 (for an example of the model in Jean Badovici’s apartment)
Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier du XXe Siècle: Dictionnaire des créateurs, Paris, 2000, p. 275
François Baudot, Eileen Gray, New York, 2003, pp. 68 (for one of the six chairs from E-1027) and 70 (for another example of the model)
Eileen Gray, exh. cat., Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2013, pp. 178 (for another example of the model)
Cloé Pitiot and Nina Stritzler-Levine, eds., Eileen Gray, New York, 2020, pp. 181 (for an example of the model in Jean Badovici’s apartment) and 192 (for one of the six chairs from E-1027)