André Arbus | Vadim Androusov
Sideboard
Auction Closed
May 28, 05:43 PM GMT
Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
André Arbus and Vadim Androusov
Sideboard
Circa 1936
Parchment-covered oak, bone inlay with tortoiseshell-style decoration, patinated bronze and gilt brass
95,5 x 201,5 x 48 cm ; 37 ⅝ x 79 ⅜ x 18 ⅞ in.
Mes Gros and Deletrez, Paris, 26 June 2000, lot 95
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Private collection, France
For a similar model :
Bernard Champigneulle, "Quelques créations récentes d'André Arbus", Mobilier et Décoration, 1937, p. 168
Yvonne Brunhammer, André Arbus, Architecte décorateur des années 40, Paris, 2003, p. 113 and p. 117
Le chic ! : arts décoratifs et mobiliers français de 1930 à 1960, exhibition catalogue, Galerie des Gobelins du Mobilier National, Paris, 12 October 2022 - 29 January 2023, p. 42-43
A similar model, entirely covered of parchment, was created by André Arbus for the reception room of the Ministry of Agriculture in Paris in 1936 (collection of the Mobilier National, Paris).