• 20/21 Design: 1900 to Now auction at Christies

    Sale 5868

    20/21 Design: 1900 to Now

    London, South Kensington

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    28 October 2014

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    • FERDINAND PARPAN (1902-2004)
    Lot 55

    FERDINAND PARPAN (1902-2004)

    'LE GRAND TAUREAU CHARGEANT', DESIGNED 1945

    Price realised

    GBP 35,000

    Estimate

    GBP 7,000 - GBP 9,000

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    FERDINAND PARPAN (1902-2004)
    'LE GRAND TAUREAU CHARGEANT', DESIGNED 1945
    carved walnut
    16 in. (41 cm.) high; 24 ¼ in. (62 cm.) wide; 9 ¾ in. (24.5 cm.) deep
    incised 1961, artist monogram FP and signed F Parpan

    Provenance

    Lombrail & Teucquam Paris, Vente de Fonds de Sculpteur Ferdinand Parpan, 15 March 2006, lot 93.

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    Literature

    Similar example illustrated:
    J.C. Hachet, Ferdinand Parpan, Paris, 2001, p. 128.


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