“For construction, do not the branches of the trees, the stems, by turn rigid and undulating, furnish us with models?”
—Hector Guimard
Provenance
Sotheby’s, New York, “20th Century Decorative Works of Art,” June 10, 1993, lot 549 Christie’s, London, “British and Continental Decorative Arts from 1850 to the Present Day,” October 31, 1996, lot 212 Private collection Christie’s, New York, “ 20th Century Decorative Arts and Design,” March 9-10, 2004, lot 229 Macklowe Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2007
Catalogue Essay
Phillips would like to thank Le Cercle Guimard for their assistance in cataloguing the present lot.
