Lot Essay
The present table formed part of the furnishings of the studio at the Apartement Lanique, 72 Avenue Henri Martin, Paris, realised for Pierre Lanique in 1923/4 by Chareau in association with Francis Jourdain, and is sold by order of the Lanique family.
The present table was placed in the studio which led off the main salon, (reproduced opposite), where it provided a visual reference to the 'eventail' form of the petit salon, - a small circular space connecting the entrance hall and the main salon, for which Chareau designed ingenious floor-to-ceiling shutters rotating round a central axis, allowing the area to be completely closed off when not in use. The table was modified by Pierre Lanique, with the addition of a circular top and stabilising flange, in order to create a stand on which to display his sculpture La Baigneuse by his friend and protege, Jacques Lipchitz. (See p. ....of this catalogue)
Chareau's design for the table eventail was created in 1923/4 and the present variant téléphone eventail, of which no more than twelve examples are know to have been made, was devised at the approximately the same date.
For further illustration of the interior of the Lanique apartment, see: Ibid, pls 21-30
See also: Poerre Chareau - Architecte, un art interieur, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, November 1993 - January 1994, p. 139, and 181 183
The present table was placed in the studio which led off the main salon, (reproduced opposite), where it provided a visual reference to the 'eventail' form of the petit salon, - a small circular space connecting the entrance hall and the main salon, for which Chareau designed ingenious floor-to-ceiling shutters rotating round a central axis, allowing the area to be completely closed off when not in use. The table was modified by Pierre Lanique, with the addition of a circular top and stabilising flange, in order to create a stand on which to display his sculpture La Baigneuse by his friend and protege, Jacques Lipchitz. (See p. ....of this catalogue)
Chareau's design for the table eventail was created in 1923/4 and the present variant téléphone eventail, of which no more than twelve examples are know to have been made, was devised at the approximately the same date.
For further illustration of the interior of the Lanique apartment, see: Ibid, pls 21-30
See also: Poerre Chareau - Architecte, un art interieur, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, November 1993 - January 1994, p. 139, and 181 183