Sale 2009
New York
|
13 June 2008
Price realised
USD 30,000
Estimate
JEAN ROYERE (1902-1981) A Set of Three Gilt-Iron and Mirrored Glass Nesting Tables, circa 1945 largest: 16½ in. (42 cm.) high, 21 3/8 in. (54.3 cm.) wide, 11¾ in. (30 cm.) deep (3)
Provenance
With Hemisphere Gallery, London.
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cf. C. and S. de Beyrie and J. Ouaiss, Jean Royère, 2000, p. 42 for an illustration of this model. P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, 2002, Paris, p. 141 for an illustration of this model.
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