Lot n° 38
Estimation :
30000 - 50000
EUR
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: 38 400EUR
LOUIS SOGNOT (1892-1970) & CHARLOTTE ALIX... - Lot 38 - Ader
LOUIS SOGNOT (1892-1970) & CHARLOTTE ALIX (1897-1987) - MEMBERS OF THE UAMModel
especially conceived and realized in 1929/30 for the boardroom of the UCLAF and presented at the 1st Salon of the Union des Artistes Modernes, Paris, 1930Rare
pair of modernist armchairs
The primary structures made of metal angles assembled by welding and lacquered black.
Each side hollowed out in reversed U, with returns at the base forming skids, constituted by an aluminum blade and closed to the ground by a strip also in aluminum, thus describing a rectangle; the whole fixed to the structure by means of visible screws.
The vertical backrests have curved side parts with rounded upper corners.
Circa 1929/30.
backs and cushions, upholstered in gold leather, not original, used condition, scattered scratches, small rare and slight deformations
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Height 81 cm - Width 61 cm - Depth 55 cmProvenance
:
Private collection, Paris.
Exhibition :
1st exhibition of the Union des Artistes Modernes - Pavillon de Marsan, musée du Louvre, Paris, from June 11 to July 14 1930
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Our seats presented during this demonstration.
Bibliography:
- Les Echos des Industries d'Art, July 1930 - To the Union of Modern Artists - Rene Chavance, editions Les Echos, Paris. Our seats reproduced page 22
- Mobilier et Décoration, July 1930 - La 1ère exposition de l'Union des Artistes Modernes - Georges Rémon, Éditions Edmond Honoré, Paris. Our seats reproduced page 7
- Art et Décoration, August 1930 - The first exhibition of the Union of Modern Artists - Leon Werth, Editions Albert Levy, Paris
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Our seats reproduced on pages 60 and 61
- L'Amour de l'art, September 1930 - L'Union des Artistes Modernes - Gaston Varenne, Imprimeries Paul Dupont, Paris
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Our seats reproduced page 371
- René Chavance - Les Echos des Industries d'Art, July 1930 - À l'Union des Artistes Modernes - Éditions Les Echos, Paris
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Our seats reproduced on page 22
- Mobilier et Décoration, April 1931 - Louis Sognot and Charlotte Alix decorators - Georges Rémon, Éditions Edmond Honoré, Paris
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Our seats reproduced on page 132
- UAM, Union of Modern Artists - Arlette Barré-Despond, Les Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1986
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Our seats reproduced on page 507
- Art Deco - Les Maîtres du mobilier - Le décor des paquebots - Pierre Kjellberg, Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1986
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Our seats are shown in a photograph reproduced on page 175.
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