Sale 1733
New York
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19 December 2006
Price realised
USD 31,200
Estimate
JEAN ROYERE (1902-1981) A Painted Metal Floor Lamp, circa 1946 59 7/8 in. (152 cm.) high
Provenance
Jean Royère, rue du Faubourg St. Honoré. Saint-Honoré, Paris, 1946. Family home of architect Mon. Lopez, Paris, 1992. Phillips, New York, 22 May 2002, lot 101.
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