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Property from the Collection of Dr. Yann Rougier
GASTON SUISSE (1896-1988)
Covered Box, circa 1929
Details
GASTON SUISSE (1896-1988)
Covered Box, circa 1929
lacquered wood, oxidized silver-leaf and powdered silver
2 ¾ in. (7 cm) high, 6 ¼ in. (15.7 cm) diameter
signed G. SUISSE
Covered Box, circa 1929
lacquered wood, oxidized silver-leaf and powdered silver
2 ¾ in. (7 cm) high, 6 ¼ in. (15.7 cm) diameter
signed G. SUISSE
Provenance
Private Collection, France, acquired directly from the artist
Thence by descent
Tajan, Paris, 12 December 2007, lot 169
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Thence by descent
Tajan, Paris, 12 December 2007, lot 169
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
J. de la Tour, "Les dernières créations pour le nouvel an," Les échos des Industries d'art, Paris, November 1927, no. 238, p. 15 (for related examples)
"L'art décoratif au salon d'automne," L'art Vivant, Paris, November 1927, no. 70, p. 925 (for related examples)
E. Bréon, Gaston Suisse 1896-1968, Splendeur du Laque Art Déco, Paris, 2013, p. 116 (present lot illustrated)
"L'art décoratif au salon d'automne," L'art Vivant, Paris, November 1927, no. 70, p. 925 (for related examples)
E. Bréon, Gaston Suisse 1896-1968, Splendeur du Laque Art Déco, Paris, 2013, p. 116 (present lot illustrated)
Exhibited
Paris, Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, Salon d'Automne, November - December 1929, no. 1519.
Paris, Galerie Félix Marcilhac, Gaston Suisse, October - November 2013, pp. 78-79 (present lot illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Félix Marcilhac, Gaston Suisse, October - November 2013, pp. 78-79 (present lot illustrated).
Further Details
Christie’s would like to thank Dominique Suisse for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
Brought to you by
Daphné Riou
SVP, Senior Specialist, Head of Americas