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Sculpting Light, Shaping Form: Works by Jean Royère & Serge Mouille from an Important Private Collection

Jean Royère

A Rare "Ondulation" Floor Lamp

Import Tariff

Live auction begins on:

June 11, 03:00 PM GMT

Estimate

200,000 - 300,000 USD

Bid

140,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Sculpting Light, Shaping Form: Works by Jean Royère & Serge Mouille from an Important Private Collection

Jean Royère

A Rare "Ondulation" Floor Lamp

circa 1950

gilt iron, paper shades

54 ¾ in. (139.1 cm) high, excluding fittings

21 ⅛ in. (53.6 cm) maximum diameter, excluding shades

Galerie Jacques Lacoste, Paris

Ruth S. Stanton, New York, acquired from the above, 2003

Christie's New York, December 9, 2021, lot 19

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Jean Royère: décorateur à Paris, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1999, p. 16

Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2002, p. 35

Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, ed., Jean Royère, vol. 1, Paris, 2012, pp. 192 and 222

Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2017, p. 39

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, $35,000, 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.