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Property from the Collection of Isabelle and Hervé Poulain
GUSTAVE MIKLOS (1888-1967)
Two Unique 'Tours Cubistes', 1923
Details
GUSTAVE MIKLOS (1888-1967)
Two Unique 'Tours Cubistes', 1923
taille directe (hand carved) polychrome wood, silvered metal
mounted on later illuminating bases
together with a preparatory drawing of a 'Tour Cubiste', circa 1922-1923
106 ¼ x 7 ½ x 7 ½ in. (270 x 19 x 19 cm) (each, over later bases)
90 ½ x 18 ¾ in. (230 x 47.5 cm) (preparatory drawing)
each signed G. MIKLOS and dated 23
Two Unique 'Tours Cubistes', 1923
taille directe (hand carved) polychrome wood, silvered metal
mounted on later illuminating bases
together with a preparatory drawing of a 'Tour Cubiste', circa 1922-1923
106 ¼ x 7 ½ x 7 ½ in. (270 x 19 x 19 cm) (each, over later bases)
90 ½ x 18 ¾ in. (230 x 47.5 cm) (preparatory drawing)
each signed G. MIKLOS and dated 23
Provenance
Two Unique 'Tours Cubistes':
Collection of the artist
Thence by descent to his widow, Marie-Louise Miklos
Alain Blondel and Yves Plantin, Galerie du Luxembourg, 1970
Hélène Rochas, Paris, 1972
Collection Hélène Rochas : Important Mobilier et Objets d'Art Art Deco, Christie's, Monaco, 9 December 1990, lot 24
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Preparatory Drawing:
Galerie Vallois, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Collection of the artist
Thence by descent to his widow, Marie-Louise Miklos
Alain Blondel and Yves Plantin, Galerie du Luxembourg, 1970
Hélène Rochas, Paris, 1972
Collection Hélène Rochas : Important Mobilier et Objets d'Art Art Deco, Christie's, Monaco, 9 December 1990, lot 24
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Preparatory Drawing:
Galerie Vallois, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
P. Bayer, Intérieurs Art Déco : les classiques de la décoration 1920-1930, Paris, 1990, p. 203 (present lot illustrated, part, in the Parisian apartment of Hélène Rochas)
X. Narbaits, "L'Art Déco enfin reconnu majeur," Connaissance des Arts, Paris, February 1991, p. 115 (present lot illustrated)
V. Arwas, Art Deco, New York, 1980, p. 177 (present lot illustrated, part)
F. Marcilhac, Gustave Miklos, Joseph Csaky, Budapest, 2010, p. 3 (present lot illustrated, part)
"Hélène Rochas, un parfum de luxe," Paris Match, Paris, no. 3303, 6 September 2012, pp. 88-89 (present lot illustrated, part, in the Parisian apartment of Hélène Rochas)
D. Cichocka, Gustave Miklos : Volume I, Un grand oeuvre caché, Paris, 2013, p. 77 (present lot illustrated, part)
D. Cichocka, Gustave Miklos : Volume II, Le moderniste byzantin, Paris, 2014, pp. 40-41, nos. S21B, S22 (present lot illustrated), no. S21A (for the preparatory drawing)
A. Duncan, Art Deco Sculpture, New York, 2016, p. 102 (present lot cited)
X. Narbaits, "L'Art Déco enfin reconnu majeur," Connaissance des Arts, Paris, February 1991, p. 115 (present lot illustrated)
V. Arwas, Art Deco, New York, 1980, p. 177 (present lot illustrated, part)
F. Marcilhac, Gustave Miklos, Joseph Csaky, Budapest, 2010, p. 3 (present lot illustrated, part)
"Hélène Rochas, un parfum de luxe," Paris Match, Paris, no. 3303, 6 September 2012, pp. 88-89 (present lot illustrated, part, in the Parisian apartment of Hélène Rochas)
D. Cichocka, Gustave Miklos : Volume I, Un grand oeuvre caché, Paris, 2013, p. 77 (present lot illustrated, part)
D. Cichocka, Gustave Miklos : Volume II, Le moderniste byzantin, Paris, 2014, pp. 40-41, nos. S21B, S22 (present lot illustrated), no. S21A (for the preparatory drawing)
A. Duncan, Art Deco Sculpture, New York, 2016, p. 102 (present lot cited)
Exhibited
Paris, Salon d'automne, November-December 1923, nos. 1420, 1421 (present lot cited)
Paris, Galerie l'Enseigne du Cerceau, Gustave Miklos sculpteur 1888-1967, October-November 1972, nos. 2, 3 (present lot illustrated)
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Cinquantenaire de l'Exposition de 1925, October 1976-February 1977, vol. I. no. 192 (present lot cited), vol. II p. 158 (present lot illustrated, part)
Paris, Galerie Vallois, Joseph Csaky, 1888-1971, Gustave Miklos, 1888-1967 : l'époque cubiste, 1913-1937, Paris-Budapest, April-May 2004, no. 19 (present preparatory drawing illustrated)
Paris, Galerie l'Enseigne du Cerceau, Gustave Miklos sculpteur 1888-1967, October-November 1972, nos. 2, 3 (present lot illustrated)
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Cinquantenaire de l'Exposition de 1925, October 1976-February 1977, vol. I. no. 192 (present lot cited), vol. II p. 158 (present lot illustrated, part)
Paris, Galerie Vallois, Joseph Csaky, 1888-1971, Gustave Miklos, 1888-1967 : l'époque cubiste, 1913-1937, Paris-Budapest, April-May 2004, no. 19 (present preparatory drawing illustrated)
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