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PAUL DUPRÉ-LAFON (1900-1971) Exceptional modernist armchair, low version with gondola-shaped curved back, fully upholstered in fawn buffalo leather. L-shaped front glides and long curved rear glides in nickel-plated tubular metal. Circa 1930. Used condition, restorations, non-original leather upholstery, nickel plating on glides redone. Height: 49cm - Length: 81cm - Depth: 80cm Please note: We would like to thank Laure Tinel Dupré-Lafon, the artist's successor, for confirming the authenticity of this work. A certificate from the successor in title will be given to the buyer, at his request and expense. Provenance: - Dreyfus family. - Galerie Couvrat Desvergnes. Acquired from previous owner. - Private collection, Neuilly-sur-Seine. Acquired from Galerie Couvrat Desvergnes for the first exhibition devoted to Paul Dupré-Lafon, April 29-September 15, 1987. Bibliography: - Nouveaux Intérieurs; 3éme série - Éditions Charles Moreau, Paris, circa 1933. Our armchair or an identical model reproduced on plate 42. - Art et Industrie - May-June 1936. Our armchair or an identical model reproduced on page 10 in an article devoted entirely to the decorator. - L'Amour de l'Art - N°28-29-30 of 1948. Our armchair or an identical model reproduced on plate 34. - Thierry Couvrat Desvergnes - Paul Dupré-Lafon, décorateur des millionnaires - Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1990. Our armchair reproduced on pages 135 and 137, our armchair or an identical model in archive photographs reproduced on pages 136, 167 and 188, an identical model in a decorator's project reproduced on page 6.
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PAUL DUPRÉ-LAFON (1900-1971) Exceptional modernist armchair, low version with gondola-shaped curved back, fully upholstered in fawn buffalo leather. L-shaped front glides and long curved rear glides in nickel-plated tubular metal. Circa 1930. Used condition, restorations, non-original leather upholstery, nickel plating on glides redone. Height: 49cm - Length: 81cm - Depth: 80cm Please note: We would like to thank Laure Tinel Dupré-Lafon, the artist's successor, for confirming the authenticity of this work. A certificate from the successor in title will be given to the buyer, at his request and expense. Provenance: - Dreyfus family. - Galerie Couvrat Desvergnes. Acquired from previous owner. - Private collection, Neuilly-sur-Seine. Acquired from Galerie Couvrat Desvergnes for the first exhibition devoted to Paul Dupré-Lafon, April 29-September 15, 1987. Bibliography: - Nouveaux Intérieurs; 3éme série - Éditions Charles Moreau, Paris, circa 1933. Our armchair or an identical model reproduced on plate 42. - Art et Industrie - May-June 1936. Our armchair or an identical model reproduced on page 10 in an article devoted entirely to the decorator. - L'Amour de l'Art - N°28-29-30 of 1948. Our armchair or an identical model reproduced on plate 34. - Thierry Couvrat Desvergnes - Paul Dupré-Lafon, décorateur des millionnaires - Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1990. Our armchair reproduced on pages 135 and 137, our armchair or an identical model in archive photographs reproduced on pages 136, 167 and 188, an identical model in a decorator's project reproduced on page 6.
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