Details
mahogany, brass
2178 x 2534 x 15 in. (55.5 x 65.5 x 38 cm) (closed)
Provenance
Galerie Marcilhac, Paris
Collection of Matthew Stirling, Connecticut, circa 1980
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1990
Literature
R. Herbst, Pierre Chareau: un inventeur, l’architecte, Paris, 1954, pp. 9, 19-20, 22, 25
M. Vellay and K. Frampton, Pierre Chareau: Architecte-meublier 1883-1950, Paris, 1984, pp. 25, 81, 95-96, 105, 118, 210-211, 279, 318, 320
M. Vellay, Pierre Chareau: Architecte Meublier 1883-1950, Paris, 1986, pp. 11, 25, 79, 84
A. Barré-Despond, Union des Artistes Modernes, Paris, 1986, p. 218
A. Bony, Les Années 20, vol. 2, Paris, 1989, p. 907
C. Boutonnet, C. Boutonnet, and R. Ortiz, Pierre Chareau, exh. cat., L’Arc en Seine, Paris, 1991, pp. 16-17
B. Brace Taylor, Pierre Chareau: Designer and Architect, Cologne, 1992, pp. 22, 50, 55, 76-77, 86, 96
Pierre Chareau ou le meuble en mouvement, exh. cat., Galerie Jacques de Vos, Paris, 1993, pp. 10, 28
Pierre Chareau: architecte, un art intérieur, exh. cat., Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1993, pp. 10, 19, 39, 91, 101, 139, 160, 170-173
D. Vellay, La Maison de Verre: Pierre Chareau’s Modernist Masterwork, New York, 2007, pp. 49, 54, 56-57, 112-113
A. Duncan, Art Deco Complete, London, 2011, p. 26
Y. Futagawa, Pierre Chareau: Maison de Verre, Paris, France, 1928-32, Tokyo, 2012, pp. 32-37
E. da Costa Meyer, Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design, exh. cat., Jewish Museum, New York, 2016, pp. 24-25, 45, 71, 115, 117, 136-137, 178, 188, 190-191, 199, 205, 214-215, 226
D. Doria, Pierre Chareau: Un architecte moderne de Paris à New York, Paris, 2016, pls. AI, no. 1, 2; AII, no. 9, 10; AIII, no. 20; AIV, no. 35; B, no. 103, 105; BIV, no. 124
M. Bédarida and F. Lamond, Pierre Chareau, Volume 1: Biographie, Expositions, Mobilier, Paris, 2023, pp. 34-35, 44-45, 48, 59, 82-83, 104, 124, 132-133 212-214, 217, 238-239, 272, 304-305, 341
M. Bédarida and F. Lamond, Pierre Chareau, Volume 2: Architecture Intérieure, Architecture, Paris, 2023, pp. 22, 36-37, 70, 72-73, 76-77, 80-81, 108-109, 127, 136, 262-263, 276-277, 298-301, 340
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