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'Butterfly' Ashtray, circa 1920
Details
ARMAND ALBERT RATEAU (1882-1938)
'Butterfly' Ashtray, circa 1920
bronze, brass liner
4 1⁄8 in. (10,5 cm) high, 8 1⁄8 in. (20,5 cm) diameter
impressed A.A. RATEAU INVR PARIS
'Butterfly' Ashtray, circa 1920
bronze, brass liner
4 1⁄8 in. (10,5 cm) high, 8 1⁄8 in. (20,5 cm) diameter
impressed A.A. RATEAU INVR PARIS
Provenance
Private Collection, France
Private Collection, France, acquired from the above in 1955
Thence by descent
Christie's, Paris, 22 May 2018, lot 4
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Private Collection, France, acquired from the above in 1955
Thence by descent
Christie's, Paris, 22 May 2018, lot 4
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
F.-O. Vial and F. Rateau, Armand Albert Rateau: Un baroque chez les modernes, Paris, 1992, pp. 128, 180-181 and 183
R. Murphy, The private world of Yves Saint Laurent & Pierre Bergé, New York, 2009, pp. 107 and 108 (the model in Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé's apartment, rue Bonaparte)
R. Murphy, The private world of Yves Saint Laurent & Pierre Bergé, New York, 2009, pp. 107 and 108 (the model in Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé's apartment, rue Bonaparte)
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