20TH CENTURY

These doorstops are identical in design to three pairs sold recently at Christie's in Paris: one pair was formerly in an anonymous Parisian collection "A Parisian pied-à-terre curated by Hubert de Givenchy", sold 14 September 2021, lot 4; and two pairs were in the collection of Hubert de Givenchy, sold 15-17 June 2022, lots 109 & 431.
Hubert de Givenchy had originally acquired his first pair of doorstops of this model from the present owner of these doorstops and the previous pair (lot 22), and subsequently had them copied, as is the case with this pair.