Jean Royère

Pair of "Ours Polaire" Armchairs

Import Tariff

Auction Closed

April 22, 07:10 PM GMT

Estimate

600,000 - 800,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Collection of Jean and Terry de Gunzburg: Design Masters

Jean Royère

Pair of "Ours Polaire" Armchairs

1952

beech, original mohair upholstery

27 ¾ x 37 ¼ x 38 in. (70.5 x 94.6 x 96.5 cm) each

Private Collection, France

Galerie du Passage, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owners, 2000

René Chavance, "Les aménagements nouveaux de Jean Royère et les réflexions qu'ils inspirent," Mobilier et Décoration, no. 8, 1956, pp. 16 and 21

"La Salle de Séjour," Mobilier et Décoration, no. 2, March 1960, p. 7

Madeleine Rolland, "Esoterisme des lignes," Mobilier et Décoration, no. 6, July 1960, p. 41

Jean Royère, exh. cat., Galerie Jacques Lacoste, Paris, 1999, pp. 60-63

Jean Royère, décorateur à Paris, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1999, pp. 41, 60-63, 70-72, 114-115 and 122

Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2002, pp. 45, 143, 210-211, 231, 238, 241 and 266

Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, Paris, 2012, vol. I, pp. 6-7, 26, 31, 32-34, 46, 68, 95, 98-107, 126, 158, 160, 162, 172, 180, 218 and 266

Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, Paris, 2012, vol. II, pp. 46-47, 82-83, 239 and 274

Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2017, pp. 4-5 and 238-241

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