Jean Royère - Design New York Tuesday, December 5, 2023 | Phillips

Design

New York Auction 5 December 2023

  • Literature

    Maurice Barret, "A Propos du IIIe Salon de l'Habitation," Art et Décoration et l'Architecte, no. 3, 1936, p. 101
    Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2002, p. 177

  • Catalogue Essay

    The present model sideboard was exhibited at the 1936 Salon des arts ménagers, Paris.

  • 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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Jean Royère

Sideboard

circa 1936
Oak-veneered wood, brass.
31 3/4 x 85 1/8 x 21 5/8 in. (80.6 x 216.2 x 54.9 cm)
The interior of one drawer with retailer's paper label printed GOUFFE/46,48,50. Faubourg St. Antoine PARIS.

Estimate
$15,000 - 20,000 

Sold for $38,100

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Design

New York Auction 5 December 2023