Console, circa 1925

Details

GASTON SUISSE (1896-1988)
Console, circa 1925
lacquered wood, eggshell and gold leaf inlay
31 ¾ x 51 1⁄8 x 16 ½ in. (80.5 x 130 x 42 cm)
signed GSuisse

Provenance

Roger Suisse, brother of the artist, circa 1925
Thence by descent
Leclere, Marseille, 25 October 2012, lot 45
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

E. Bréon, Gaston Suisse 1896-1968, Splendeur du Laque Art Déco, Paris, 2013, pp. 160-161 (for a related example)

Further Details

Christie’s would like to thank Dominique Suisse for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.

Last image: The present lot in Gaston Suisse's atelier, circa 1925.
Photo: © Dominique Suisse (family archives).

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Lot Essay

This console’s design, featuring circular arches and arrow motifs, bears a resemblance to the radiating sun motif and the numerous triangular windows that line each arch at the top of the Chrysler Building, an iconic Art Deco structure built in New York between 1928 and 1930 by architect William Van Alen.

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