JEAN ROYÈRE (1902-1981) - Lot 102

JEAN ROYÈRE (1902-1981) Créneaux Suite of three nesting tables. Proofs in gilded iron, with square-section legs and angle-iron belts. The tops in clear glass, the edges in silver-tone. Circa 1950. Alterations to the gilding and tains of the trays, a chip in the thickness of the reverse in a corner of the largest glass tray. Large: 40x50x30cm The medium: 38x46x30cm The small one: 36x41,5x30cm Bibliography: - Art & Décoration - N°62 of November 1957. Identical models reproduced on page 24. - Jacques Lacoste & Patrick Seguin - Jean Royère, vol. 1 - Éditions Galerie Jacques Lacoste & Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, 2012. Identical models photographed during the exhibition at Gallery Sonnabend in New York in 2008 and reproduced on pages 26, 30, 31 and 32 and on an archive photograph circa 1955 on page 270. - Jacques Lacoste & Patrick Seguin - Jean Royère, vol. 2 - Editions Galerie Jacques Lacoste & Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, 2012. Identical models reproduced in the model directory on page 70 and on a drawing by Jean Royère on page 197. - Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier - Jean Royère - Norma éditions, Paris, 2002. Identical models, with stone tops, reproduced on page 141. - Jean Royère - Catalogue of the exhibition at Galerie Jacques Lacoste, Paris, 1999. Identical models reproduced on pages 102 and 105.