Jean Royère - Design Masters New York Tuesday, December 17, 2013 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private collection, France, 1950s
    Thence by descent
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Literature

    Jean Royère, décorateur à Paris, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1999, p. 124 for a drawing, pp. 164, 169
    Jean Royère, exh. cat., Galerie Jacques Lacoste, Paris, 1999, pp. 56-59 for images and drawings
    Catherine and Stéphane de Beyrie and Jacques Ouaiss, Jean Royère, New York, 2000, pp. 60-61 for the high version
    Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2002, pp. 254-255 for the high version, similar examples throughout
    Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, Volume 1, Paris, 2012, p. 118 for the high version, similar examples throughout
    Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, Volume 2, Paris, 2012, p. 50 for the high version

  • Artist Biography

    Jean Royère

    French • 1902 - 1981

    Jean Royère took on the mantle of the great artistes décorateurs of 1940s France and ran with it into the second half of the twentieth century. Often perceived as outside of the modernist trajectory ascribed to twentieth-century design, Royère was nonetheless informed by and enormously influential to his peers. Having opened a store in Paris in 1943 before the war had ended, he was one of the first to promote a new way of life through interior decoration, and his lively approach found an international audience early on in his career.

    In addition to commissions in Europe and South America, Royère had a strong business in the Middle East where he famously designed homes for the Shah of Iran, King Farouk of Egypt and King Hussein of Jordan. The surrealist humor and artist's thoughtful restraint that he brought to his furniture designs continue to draw admiration to this day.

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Pair of high "Œuf" chairs

circa 1953
Printed fabric, fabric, teak.
Each: 29 5/8 x 23 x 25 1/2 in. (75.2 x 58.4 x 64.8 cm)
Underside of each chair with plastic label JEAN ROYÈRE.

Estimate
$240,000 - 280,000 

Sold for $257,000

Contact Specialist
Meaghan Roddy
Head of Sale, New York
mroddy@phillips.com
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Design Masters

New York 17 December 2013 6pm