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

Jean Royère

"Oeuf" Armchair

Live auction begins on:

June 11, 03:00 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

Bid

70,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

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

Jean Royère

"Oeuf" Armchair


circa 1960

en suite with the preceding lot

sycamore, partially original leaf-pattern fabric upholstery by Paule Marrot

25 ⅛ x 25 ⅛ x 27 ¾ in. (63.8 x 63.8 x 70.5 cm)

Dr. Bretagne, Auray, France

Galerie Jacques Lacoste, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2015

Jean Royère, Mobilier, exh. cat., Galerie du Passage, Paris, 1993, p. 18

Jean Royère, exh. cat., Galerie Jacques Lacoste, Paris, 1999, pp. 57-59

Jean Royère, décorateur à Paris, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2000, pp. 103, 124, 164 and 169

Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2002, pp. 243, 254 (for the present lot illustrated), 255 and 259

Jacques Lacoste and Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, vol. 1, Paris, 2012, pp. 33, 45, 49, 110-111, 114-115, 116 (for the present lot illustrated), 118, 216 and 280

Jacques Lacoste and Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, vol. 2, Paris, 2012, pp. 49, 50 (for the present lot illustrated), 249-250 and 282-285