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  • Provenance

    Galerie Jacques Lacoste, Paris
    DeLorenzo 1950, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1996

  • Literature

    Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2002, p. 150 for an eight-armed example
    Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, Paris, vol. 1, 2012, p. 236 for a six-armed example
    Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, Paris, vol. 2, 2012, p. 38 for an eight-armed example, p. 142 for a technical drawing

  • 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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PROPERTY FROM THE JANET AND ALAN GINSBERG COLLECTION

76

Rare five-armed “Ondulation” chandelier

circa 1939
Painted metal, paper shades.
23 1/2 in. (59.7 cm) drop; 33 in. (83.8 cm) diameter

Estimate
$60,000 - 80,000 

Sold for $112,500

Contact Specialist
Meaghan Roddy
Head of Sale
New York
+1 212 940 1266

Design

New York Auction 9 June 2015 2pm