Lot 108
Lot 108
PROPERTY OF A PACIFIC ISLAND CONNOISSEUR OF ART AND DESIGN
GABRIEL ARGY-ROUSSEAU (1885-1953)

'Masques' Veilleuse, designed circa 1923

Price Realised USD 5,670
Estimate
USD 3,000 - USD 5,000
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GABRIEL ARGY-ROUSSEAU (1885-1953)

'Masques' Veilleuse, designed circa 1923

Price Realised USD 5,670
Price Realised USD 5,670
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pâte-de-verre, patinated wrought-iron
512 in. (14 cm) high, 4 in. (10.2 cm) diameter
shade signed G. ARGY-ROUSSEAU and FRANCE
Provenance
Sotheby's, Paris, 18 November 2003, lot 23 (part)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Y. Brunhammer, Le Style 1925, Paris, 1975, p. 183
J. Bloch-Dermant, G. Argy-Rousseau: Glassware as Art, London, 1991, pp. 100 and 192, no. 23.12
A. Duncan, Art Deco Complete: The Definitive Guide to the Decorative Arts of the 1920s and 1930s, London, 2009, p. 184
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