Jean Royère 'Sculpture' sofa and pair of armchairs circa 1956 Beech, fabric. Sofa: 83 x 190 x 79 cm (32 5/8 x 74 3/4 x 31 1/8 in.) Each armchair: 71 x 72 x 79 cm (27 7/8 x 28 3/8 x 31 1/8 in.)
Provenance Private collection, France Galerie Chastel-Maréchal, Paris Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, 'Design', 9 June, 2010, lot 31 Acquired directly from the above by the present owner Literature 'Les aménagements nouveaux de Jean Royère et les réflexions qu'ils inspirent', Mobilier et Décoration, no. 8, November 1956, p. 17 'Confort et plaisirs de la campagne', Mobilier et Décoration, no. 1, January-February 1959, pp. 6-7 for the armchairs Bruno Foucart and Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Les Décorateurs des années 40, exh. cat., Ville Boulogne Billancourt, Paris, 1998, p. 259 for the sofa Jean Royère décorateur à Paris, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1999, front cover, pp. 38, 68, 78, 135, 166 Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds., Decorative Art 50s, Cologne, 2000, p. 167 Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère Paris, 2002, pp. 38, 42, 261-63 Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère Volume 1, Paris, 2012, pp. 50, 52, 54-55, 86, 114, 274-75 Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère Volume 2, Paris, 2012, pp. 19, 45, 49, 250-51, 273 Artist Bio Jean Royère French • 1902 - 1981 Jean Royère took on the mantle of the great artistes décorateurs of 1940s France and ran with it into the second half of the twentieth century. Often perceived as outside of the modernist trajectory ascribed to twentieth-century design, Royère was nonetheless informed by and enormously influential to his peers. Having opened a store in Paris in 1943 before the war had ended, he was one of the first to promote a new way of life through interior decoration, and his lively approach found an international audience early on in his career. In addition to commissions in Europe and South America, Royère had a strong business in the Middle East where he famously designed homes for the Shah of Iran, King Farouk of Egypt and King Hussein of Jordan. The surrealist humor and artist's thoughtful restraint that he brought to his furniture designs continue to draw admiration to this day. View More Works
Jean Royère 'Sculpture' sofa and pair of armchairs circa 1956 Beech, fabric. Sofa: 83 x 190 x 79 cm (32 5/8 x 74 3/4 x 31 1/8 in.) Each armchair: 71 x 72 x 79 cm (27 7/8 x 28 3/8 x 31 1/8 in.)
Provenance Private collection, France Galerie Chastel-Maréchal, Paris Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, 'Design', 9 June, 2010, lot 31 Acquired directly from the above by the present owner Literature 'Les aménagements nouveaux de Jean Royère et les réflexions qu'ils inspirent', Mobilier et Décoration, no. 8, November 1956, p. 17 'Confort et plaisirs de la campagne', Mobilier et Décoration, no. 1, January-February 1959, pp. 6-7 for the armchairs Bruno Foucart and Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Les Décorateurs des années 40, exh. cat., Ville Boulogne Billancourt, Paris, 1998, p. 259 for the sofa Jean Royère décorateur à Paris, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1999, front cover, pp. 38, 68, 78, 135, 166 Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds., Decorative Art 50s, Cologne, 2000, p. 167 Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère Paris, 2002, pp. 38, 42, 261-63 Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère Volume 1, Paris, 2012, pp. 50, 52, 54-55, 86, 114, 274-75 Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère Volume 2, Paris, 2012, pp. 19, 45, 49, 250-51, 273 Artist Bio Jean Royère French • 1902 - 1981 Jean Royère took on the mantle of the great artistes décorateurs of 1940s France and ran with it into the second half of the twentieth century. Often perceived as outside of the modernist trajectory ascribed to twentieth-century design, Royère was nonetheless informed by and enormously influential to his peers. Having opened a store in Paris in 1943 before the war had ended, he was one of the first to promote a new way of life through interior decoration, and his lively approach found an international audience early on in his career. In addition to commissions in Europe and South America, Royère had a strong business in the Middle East where he famously designed homes for the Shah of Iran, King Farouk of Egypt and King Hussein of Jordan. The surrealist humor and artist's thoughtful restraint that he brought to his furniture designs continue to draw admiration to this day. View More Works
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