Estimated value: 50,000—80,000 US$
Reached Price : 96,000 US$
Auction:
20th Century Decorative Arts
Sales date: 2007-03-31
Location:
New York
Lot number: 166
Design
EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN
Architonic id
4107474
Branded Ruhlmann
Rosewood and ivory
39 5/8 x 33 1/4 x 17 3/4 in. (107 x 84.5 x 45 cm)
Provenance:
Sotheby's New York, June 17, 1989, lot 722
Calderwood Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
Literature and References:
Florence Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, New York, 1983, p. 286 (for a related example)
Emmanuel Bréon et al, Ruhlmann : Un Génie de L'Art Déco, Montreal, 2002, pp. 182 and 183 (for a related example in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon and a brief discussion of the known variations of this form)
Christian Briend, Les Objets d'Art, Paris, 1993, no. 141
Gabriel Mourey, L'Art Français de la Révolution à Nos Jours, Paris, 1925, p. 330