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Alphonse Mucha

Unique curule stool, special commission

Auction Closed

May 28, 05:43 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 EUR

Lot Details

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Description

Alphonse Mucha


Unique curule stool, special commission


Circa 1900

Cherry wood, beech wood, patinated bronze, rope and velvet cushion

74 x 73 x 67,5 cm ; 29 ⅛ x 28 ¾ x 26 ⅝ in.

Georges Fouquet jewelry shop , 6 rue Royale, Paris

Georges Fouquet private collection, Paris

Private collection, France, wedding gift by the latter

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Private collection, France

Mucha 1860-1939, peintures, illustrations, affiches, arts décoratifs, exhibition catalogue, Grand Palais, Paris, 5 February - 28 April 1980, p. 183 for a period photograph of our stool in the Georges Fouquet store in Paris and for a drawing of the model referenced under n°238

Renate Ulmer, Alfonse Mucha, artiste de l'Art Nouveau, Cologne, 1994, p. 14, for a period photograph of our stool in the Georges Fouquet store in Paris

Victor Arwas, Alphonse Mucha, The Spirit of Art Nouveau, Virginia, 1998, p. 127, for a period photograph of our stool in the Georges Fouquet store in Paris