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Lot 211
ARMAND ALBERT RATEAU (1882-1938)
AN IMPORTANT 'FENNECS' TABLE LAMP, CIRCA 1919-1920
Closed17 December 2015
Price Realised
USD 401,000
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Specialist note
cf. Journal illustré des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes, Exposition Internationale 1925, 1 July 1925, for this model illustrated in the booth of couturière Jenny at the Pavillon de l’Elégance, 1925 International Exhibition, Paris;
A. Flament, Le Pavillon de l'Elégance, La Renaissance de l'Art Français et des Industries de Luxe, 1925, pp. 309-310;
D. Klein, M. Bishop, Decorative Art 1880-1980, 1986, p. 169;
Exhibition catalogue, 1930: Quand le Meuble Devient Sculpture, Le Louvre des Antiquaires, Paris, 1986 - for a pair of the same design;
D. Klein, N. McClelland, L'Esprit Art Deco, 1987, p. 96;
A. Duncan, A A Rateau, exhibition catalogue, Delorenzo Gallery, New York, 1990, p. 33;
F. Oliver-Vial, F. Rateau, Armand Albert Rateau, Paris, 1992, pp. 11, 177, and 187 for a view of a pair of lamps of this model displayed in Rateau's dining room on 17, quai de Conti, Paris;
Exhibition catalogue, Armand Albert Rateau – Jeanne Lanvin, Galerie Vallois, Paris, Biennale des Antiquaires, 2004, for another example of this model;
H. Guéné, Décoration et Haute Couture – Armand Albert Rateau pour Jeanne Lanvin, un autre Art Déco, Paris, 2006, pp. 108, 207 and 208 for a lamp of this model exhibited in the booth of couturière Jenny at the Pavillon de l’Elégance, 1925 International Exhibition, Paris.
A. Flament, Le Pavillon de l'Elégance, La Renaissance de l'Art Français et des Industries de Luxe, 1925, pp. 309-310;
D. Klein, M. Bishop, Decorative Art 1880-1980, 1986, p. 169;
Exhibition catalogue, 1930: Quand le Meuble Devient Sculpture, Le Louvre des Antiquaires, Paris, 1986 - for a pair of the same design;
D. Klein, N. McClelland, L'Esprit Art Deco, 1987, p. 96;
A. Duncan, A A Rateau, exhibition catalogue, Delorenzo Gallery, New York, 1990, p. 33;
F. Oliver-Vial, F. Rateau, Armand Albert Rateau, Paris, 1992, pp. 11, 177, and 187 for a view of a pair of lamps of this model displayed in Rateau's dining room on 17, quai de Conti, Paris;
Exhibition catalogue, Armand Albert Rateau – Jeanne Lanvin, Galerie Vallois, Paris, Biennale des Antiquaires, 2004, for another example of this model;
H. Guéné, Décoration et Haute Couture – Armand Albert Rateau pour Jeanne Lanvin, un autre Art Déco, Paris, 2006, pp. 108, 207 and 208 for a lamp of this model exhibited in the booth of couturière Jenny at the Pavillon de l’Elégance, 1925 International Exhibition, Paris.