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EMILE COLAS
Lot 49 Property from an Important Midwest Collection

EMILE COLAS

A Desk and Chair, circa 1927

Closed13 December 2018

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USD 50,000

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EMILE COLAS
A Desk and Chair, circa 1927
maple, cherry wood, shagreen, velvet upholstery
desk: 34 in. (86.4 cm.) high, 45 ¼ in. (115 cm.) wide, 22 in. (55.9 cm.) deep
chair: 27 ¾ in. (70.5 cm.) high

Andy Warhol, New York;
Sotheby's New York, The Andy Warhol Collection, 23 April 1988, lot 360.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

In 1927 the Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs organized a competition around the theme bureau de dame, which was a sort of reflexion of the sociological changes of the women's role in the French society. Emile Colas was one of the six finalist and was therefore exhibited at the Pavillon Marsan.