Pierre Legrain
Unique Desk for Jacques Doucet
Auction Closed
December 6, 07:17 PM GMT
Estimate
350,000 - 550,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Pierre Legrain
Unique Desk for Jacques Doucet
circa 1923
offered together with two period keys
ebony, shagreen, silvered bronze, burled maple
301/4 x 67½ x 29⅝ inches (76.8 x 171.5 x 75.3 cm)
Jacques Doucet, Paris and Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Hôtel Drouot Paris, Collection Jacques Doucet, November 8, 1972, lot 42
Mr. Donald Karshan, Paris
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walker, Paris
Mr. Robin Symes, New York
Sotheby's New York, Important 20th Century Furniture: A Philip Johnson Townhouse, May 6, 1989, lot 29
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Hôtel Drouot Paris, Collection Jacques Doucet, November 8, 1972, lot 42
Mr. Donald Karshan, Paris
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walker, Paris
Mr. Robin Symes, New York
Sotheby's New York, Important 20th Century Furniture: A Philip Johnson Townhouse, May 6, 1989, lot 29
Acquired from the above by the present owner
The Connoisseur, June 1975, p. 131 (for a drawing of the design)
Alain Lesieutre, The Spirit and Splendour of Art Deco, New Jersey, 1978, pp. 22 (for the present lot illustrated)
Alastair Duncan, Art Deco Furniture: The French Designers, New York, 1984, p. 133 (for the present lot illustrated)
Jean-Paul Bouillon, Art Deco: 1903- 1940, New York, 1989, p. 196 (for the present lot illustrated)
Laurence Salmon Pierre Legrain Reliures Meubles Cadres, Paris, 2019, pp. 54-55 and 259 (for the present lot illustrated)
Alain Lesieutre, The Spirit and Splendour of Art Deco, New Jersey, 1978, pp. 22 (for the present lot illustrated)
Alastair Duncan, Art Deco Furniture: The French Designers, New York, 1984, p. 133 (for the present lot illustrated)
Jean-Paul Bouillon, Art Deco: 1903- 1940, New York, 1989, p. 196 (for the present lot illustrated)
Laurence Salmon Pierre Legrain Reliures Meubles Cadres, Paris, 2019, pp. 54-55 and 259 (for the present lot illustrated)
Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris, 1924
