110 - MARIA PERGAY (1930–2023) – FORMERLY FROM THE MARC PERGAY COLLECTION (1930–2014)

MARIA PERGAY (1930–2023) – FORMERLY FROM THE MARC PERGAY COLLECTION (1930–2014) Fan-shaped table, designed in [1968]; an identical piece—or our own work—was presented at the Maria Pergay exhibition at the Galerie Maison et Jardin in Paris in 1968. Circular coffee table with three tiers, two of which rotate on an off-center axis. The base and its four square-section legs, as well as the top tray and its stainless steel rim, are mounted on a wooden core. The middle tray is made of copper mounted on a wooden core. 1970s. Shows signs of use, with a few scattered minor dents. Dimensions with tops stacked and aligned: Height: 32 cm – Diameter: 60 cm Dimensions with tops extended: Height: 32 cm – Length: 100 cm – Width: 80 cm Provenance: - Private collection of Marc Pergay (1930–2014), the artist’s husband for some twenty years. - X. Collection, Paris. Work acquired from the previous owner on July 15, 2005. Bibliography: - *Design Steel* – In-house catalog of this company specializing in the design and distribution of contemporary furniture (Place des Vosges in Paris), circa 1972. The design of our model is reproduced under number 019 (unpaginated). - Suzanne Demisch – Maria Pergay, *Between Ideas and Design* – Éditions Demisch Danant, New York, 2006. *Éventail* tables reproduced on pages 35 and 38–39. - Francis Spar (preface by) – *Décoration; Tradition and Renewal – Éditions Réalités/Hachette, Paris, 1973. An Éventail table reproduced on page 233. - Patrick Favardin and Guy Bloch-Champfort – Interior Designers of the 1960s and 1970s – Éditions Norma, Paris, 2007. An identical model is reproduced on page 269. - Suzanne Demisch & Stéphane Danant – Maria Pergay, Complete Works 1957–2010 – Damiani, Bologna, 2011.An “Éventail” table listed under number 23, with examples reproduced on pages 114, 115, and 162.