• 20/21 Design auction at Christies

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    20/21 Design

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    9 December 2014

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    • PIERRE PATOUT (1879-1965)
    Lot 516

    PIERRE PATOUT (1879-1965)

    A PAIR OF ARMCHAIRS, 1934

    Price realised

    USD 11,875

    Estimate

    USD 12,000 - USD 18,000

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    PIERRE PATOUT (1879-1965)
    A PAIR OF ARMCHAIRS, 1934
    for the First Class Dining Room of Normandie, mahogany, brass, upholstery
    each 34 ½ in. (87.6 cm.) high

    Provenance

    Christie's, New York, 14 December 1991, lot 258.

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    Lot Essay

    cf. W.H. Miller, Jr., The Great Luxury Liners 1927-1954, New York, 1981, p. 52 for an in situ photograph of chairs of this model;
    J. Maxtone-Graham, Normandie, New York, 2007, pp. 74, 80 and 86.

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