Details
GASTON SUISSE (1896-1988)
Low Table, circa 1926
lacquered wood, eggshell inlay, powdered gold leaf
19 5⁄8 x 23 5⁄8 x 23 5⁄8 in. (50 x 60 x 60 cm)
signed G SUISSE
Provenance
Private Collection, France, acquired directly from the artist
Thence by descent
Tajan, Paris, 24 November 2003, lot 70
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
A. Duncan, Art Deco, Encyclopédie des arts décoratifs des années vingt et trente, Paris, 2010, p. 502 (present lot illustrated)
E. Bréon, Gaston Suisse 1896-1968, Splendeur du Laque Art Déco, Paris, 2013, pp. 154-156 (present lot illustrated)
Exhibited
Paris, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Salon d'Automne, 1927.
Zurich, Musée Bellerive, Le laque européen, 1976.
Reims, Musée des Beaux Arts, L'Art Deco de Reims à New-York, October 2006 - February 2007.
Further Details
Christie’s would like to thank Dominique Suisse for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
Last image: Gaston Suisse, preparatory drawing for the present lot, pencil and chalk on tracing paper, circa 1926. Photo: © Dominique Suisse (family archives).
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