Important Design Session 1 
9 December 2007
Important Design Session 1 
194

Jean Royère

chair from l'Exposition Internationale of 1937

France, 1937
perforated iron, enameled steel 22 h × 21¼ w × 42 d in (56 × 54 × 107 cm)
estimate: $70,000–90,000
result: $96,000
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This design was used as public seating in the ceramics pavilion at l'Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne of 1937 in Paris. The form was subsequently exhibited at "Salon des Arts Décoratifs du Caire" in Egypt (1938), at the "International Art Fair" in New York (1939) and at the 1999 exhibition of Jean Royere furniture at the Musée des Arts Décoratif in Paris.
provenance: l'Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne, Paris | Private collection
literature: Jean Royère, Martin-Vivier, pg. 68 illustrates in situ Modern Interiors Today and Tomorrow, Genauer, ppg. 158-159

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