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Jean Royère ‘Sphere’ coffee table circa 1939 Gilt wrought iron, lacquered slate. 34 x 149.5 x 69.4 cm (13 3/8 x 58 7/8 x 27 3/8 in)
Provenance Private collection, Alexandria, Egypt Exhibited ‘Jean Royère’, Galerie Jacques Lacoste, Paris, 25 May–2 July 1999 Literature ‘Charles Moreau, Jean Royère’, Cheminées et Coins de Feu, Première Série, Paris, 1950s, plate 41 Jean Royère exh. cat., Galerie Jacques Lacoste, Paris, 1999, illustrated on p. 89 Jean Royère décorateur à Paris, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1999, p. 159 Catherine & Stéphane de Beyrie and Jacques Ouaiss, Jean Royère New York, 2000, p. 36 Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère Paris, 2002, pp. 35, 45, p. 190 for a technical drawing, p. 191 Catalogue Essay The present lot will be included in the forthcoming Monographie de Jean Royère by Galerie Patrick Seguin and Galerie Jacques Lacoste, Paris, 2012. Read More 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