Jean Royère

"Tour Eiffel" Low Table

Import Tariff

Auction Closed

April 22, 07:10 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Collection of Jean and Terry de Gunzburg: Design Masters

Jean Royère

"Tour Eiffel" Low Table

circa 1947

steel, brass, glass

13 ⅝ x 51 ¼ x 21 ¼ in. (34.6 x 130.2 x 54 cm)

Mr. Philibert, Paris, commissioned directly from the artist, 1952

Galerie du Passage, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owners, 2000

Jean Royère, décorateur à Paris, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1999, p. 25

Jean Royère, exh. cat., Galerie Jacques Lacoste, Paris, 1999, pp. 96-97

Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2002, pp. 131 and 285

Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, Paris, 2012, vol. I, pp. 142, 147 (for a drawing of the model) and 148

Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, Paris, 2012, vol. II, pp. 62, 92-93 and 183 (for drawings of the model)

Because this lot was imported into the United States after April 5th, 2025, it is subject to an import tariff based on the value declared upon entry into the United States. The cost of the tariff, $18,750, plus applicable sales tax will be included on your invoice unless you instruct Sotheby's to arrange shipping of the lot to a foreign address. For more information on the import tariff, please review the Symbol Key in the back of the catalogue.