Important Design

André Dubreuil

Paris chair

Artist's Resale RightReduced VAT applies to hammer price and buyer's premium

Live auction begins on:

May 20, 12:30 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 EUR

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Description

André Dubreuil

Paris chair

Designed in 1988, our example made prior 1990

Patinated and flamed sheet steel

92,5 x 58 x 59 cm ; 36 1⁄2 x 22 7⁄8 x 23 1⁄4 in

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Joyce Boutique, Galleria, Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong

Private collection, acquired from the above in 1990

Bonham's London, 23 October 2024, lot 23

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Private collection, London

Claire Downey, Neo-Furniture, New York, 1992, p. 57

Gareth Williams, The Furniture Machine : Furniture since 1990, London, 2006, p. 24-25

Jean-Louis Gaillemin, André Dubreuil : Poet of Iron, Paris, 2006, p. 27, 46-47, 114 and 125-126

Gareth Williams, Nick Wright, Cut & Shut : The History of creative salvage, London, 2012, p.114

Our chair is one of the first examples made by André Dubreuil prior to the edition produced by Galerie Mougin in 1990.

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