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Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
EILEEN GRAY (1879-1976)
Important Headboard and Wall-Mounted Bookcase From Eileen Gray's Apartment, 21 Rue Bonaparte, Paris, circa 1930
Details
EILEEN GRAY (1879-1976)
Important Headboard and Wall-Mounted Bookcase From Eileen Gray's Apartment, 21 Rue Bonaparte, Paris, circa 1930
wood, nickel-plated metal, glass, plastic
headboard: 31 ½ x 101 1⁄8 x 23 in. (80 x 258 x 58.5 cm)
bookcase: 43 ½ x 70 ½ x 9 1⁄8 in. (110.5 x 179 x 23.2 cm)
Important Headboard and Wall-Mounted Bookcase From Eileen Gray's Apartment, 21 Rue Bonaparte, Paris, circa 1930
wood, nickel-plated metal, glass, plastic
headboard: 31 ½ x 101 1⁄8 x 23 in. (80 x 258 x 58.5 cm)
bookcase: 43 ½ x 70 ½ x 9 1⁄8 in. (110.5 x 179 x 23.2 cm)
Provenance
Eileen Gray, 21 Rue Bonaparte, Paris, circa 1930
Jean-Michel Beurdeley, Paris
Sotheby's, Monte Carlo, 22 April 1990, lot 677
Galerie Doria, Paris
Laurent Negro, Château de Gourdon, Gourdon, France
Les Collections du Château de Gourdon, Christie’s, 31 March 2011, lot 797
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Jean-Michel Beurdeley, Paris
Sotheby's, Monte Carlo, 22 April 1990, lot 677
Galerie Doria, Paris
Laurent Negro, Château de Gourdon, Gourdon, France
Les Collections du Château de Gourdon, Christie’s, 31 March 2011, lot 797
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
J. Rykwert, "A Homage to Eileen Gray", Domus, no. 469, Milan, December 1968, p. 25, no. 469 (present lot illustrated)
B. Loye, Eileen Gray : 1879-1976: architecture, design, Paris, 1984, p. 25 (present lot illustrated)
P. Adam, Eileen Gray, Architect/Designer, New York, 1987, p. 336 (present lot illustrated)
P. Garner, Eileen Gray Designer and Architect, Cologne, 1993, p. 108 (present lot illustrated)
C. Constant and W. Wang, Eileen Gray an architecture for all senses, Tübingen, 1996, p. 129 (present lot illustrated)
P. Adam, Eileen Gray Her Life and Work, Munich, 2008, p. 143 (present lot illustrated)
J. Goff, Eileen Grey: her work and her world, Kildare, 2015, p. 284 (present lot illustrated)
C. Pitiot and N. Stritzler-Levine, Eileen Gray, exh. cat., Bard Graduate Center, New York, 2020, pp. 47, 388-389
B. Loye, Eileen Gray : 1879-1976: architecture, design, Paris, 1984, p. 25 (present lot illustrated)
P. Adam, Eileen Gray, Architect/Designer, New York, 1987, p. 336 (present lot illustrated)
P. Garner, Eileen Gray Designer and Architect, Cologne, 1993, p. 108 (present lot illustrated)
C. Constant and W. Wang, Eileen Gray an architecture for all senses, Tübingen, 1996, p. 129 (present lot illustrated)
P. Adam, Eileen Gray Her Life and Work, Munich, 2008, p. 143 (present lot illustrated)
J. Goff, Eileen Grey: her work and her world, Kildare, 2015, p. 284 (present lot illustrated)
C. Pitiot and N. Stritzler-Levine, Eileen Gray, exh. cat., Bard Graduate Center, New York, 2020, pp. 47, 388-389
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Daphné Riou
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