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Lot Essay
C'est en 1907 qu'Eileen Gray décide de s'installer à Paris - après avoir goûté, en tant qu'étudiante, à l'excitation de la vie artistique de la ville - dans l'appartement qui deviendra sa résidence principale durant 70 ans. Situé au premier étage d'un hôtel particulier du XVIII ème siècle, au 21 rue Bonaparte, il sera aménagé au fil des années par une série de meubles qu'elle dessinera, certains ayant déjà équipé au préalable ses maisons du sud de la France -- E-1027, Tempe à Pailla et Lou Pérou --, d'autres conçus spécifiquement pour la rue Bonaparte.La Collection du Château de Gourdon comportait deux pièces créées pour sa chambre à coucher : un meuble de rangement à tiroirs pivotants et une structure multi fonctions, tête de lit qui se prolonge sur le mur en retour. Tous deux sont caractéristiques des nouvelles idées modernistes qu'Eileen Gray explore durant les années 1920 et 1930, et sont exemplaires de sa remarquable volonté et capacité à allier harmonieusement fonctionnalité et formes sculpturales.
It was in 1907, after having enjoyed the artistic stimulus of the city as a student, that Eileen Gray made the decision to settle in Paris and found the apartment that was to be her principal home for seventy years. Situated on the first floor of an 18th century hôtel particulier at 21 rue Bonaparte, the elegant rooms of this apartment, furnished over the years with a range of works designed by Miss Gray, including pieces conceived originally for the houses she built in the South of France -- E-1027, Tempe à Pailla and Lou Pérou -- and others created specifically for the rue Bonaparte.
The Château de Gourdon Collection featured particularly two pieces designed for her bedroom, a cabinet with pivoting drawers and the multi-function unit that occupied the wall beside and at the head of her bed. Both are characteristic of the new modernist ideas she was exploring in the '20s and '30s and typify her remarkable inventiveness in the harmonious resolution of practical and sculptural concerns.
It was in 1907, after having enjoyed the artistic stimulus of the city as a student, that Eileen Gray made the decision to settle in Paris and found the apartment that was to be her principal home for seventy years. Situated on the first floor of an 18th century hôtel particulier at 21 rue Bonaparte, the elegant rooms of this apartment, furnished over the years with a range of works designed by Miss Gray, including pieces conceived originally for the houses she built in the South of France -- E-1027, Tempe à Pailla and Lou Pérou -- and others created specifically for the rue Bonaparte.
The Château de Gourdon Collection featured particularly two pieces designed for her bedroom, a cabinet with pivoting drawers and the multi-function unit that occupied the wall beside and at the head of her bed. Both are characteristic of the new modernist ideas she was exploring in the '20s and '30s and typify her remarkable inventiveness in the harmonious resolution of practical and sculptural concerns.