Sale 5543
Paris
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2 July 2008
Price realised
EUR 86,900
Estimate
ANDRE ARBUS (1903-1969) ET VADIM ANDROUSOV (1895-1975) PAIRE DE FAUTEUILS, VERS 1940 En acajou d'Afrique, le dossier rectangulaire et l'assise regainés de cuir fauve, les bras reposant sur des supports d'accotoirs à buste de femme en bronze doré, reposant sur deux pieds antérieurs gaine finissant par un petit sabot en laiton doré, les pieds arrière sabre Hauteur: 85 cm. (33½ in.), Largeur: 66 cm. (20 in.), Profondeur: 56 cm. (22 in.) (2)
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Literature
Cf: Yvonne Brunhammer, André Arbus, Norma éditions, Paris, 1996, p. 314 Judith Miller, Classic style, Mitchell Beazley, Reed Consumer Limited, 1998, p. 101 Esther Henwood,Les enchères du rêve, AD France, mai 2008, N. 74, p. 165
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Post Lot Text
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