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Property from an Important Private Collection
ARMAND-ALBERT RATEAU (1882-1937)
Mirror, circa 1920
Details
ARMAND-ALBERT RATEAU (1882-1937)
Mirror, circa 1920
patinated bronze, mirrored glass
19 ¼ x 38 ¾ x 4 3⁄8 in. (49 x 98.5 x 11 cm)
impressed four times A. A. RATEAU INV PARIS and twice A. A. RATEAU INV
Mirror, circa 1920
patinated bronze, mirrored glass
19 ¼ x 38 ¾ x 4 3⁄8 in. (49 x 98.5 x 11 cm)
impressed four times A. A. RATEAU INV PARIS and twice A. A. RATEAU INV
Provenance
Private Collection, New York
Sotheby’s, New York, 9 June 2022, lot 311
Private Collection, New York
Gifted by the above to the present owner, 2022
Sotheby’s, New York, 9 June 2022, lot 311
Private Collection, New York
Gifted by the above to the present owner, 2022
Literature
For the same model in Jeanne Lanvin's apartment, 16, rue Barbet-de-Jouy, Paris, circa 1920:
E. Schlumberger, "Au 16 rue Barbet-de-Jouy avec Jeanne Lanvin," Connaissance des Arts, Paris, no, 138, August 1963, p. 69
Y. Brunhammer, Le Style 1925, Paris, 1975, pp. 40-41
A. Duncan, A. A. Rateau, exh. cat., DeLorenzo Gallery, New York, 1990, pp. 13, 15
F. Olivier-Vial and F. Rateau, Armand-Albert Rateau, Paris, 1992, pp. 36-37, 45
H. Guéné, Décoration et haute couture : Armand-Albert Rateau pour Jeanne Lanvin, un autre Art déco, Paris, 2006, pp. 127, 131, 137
E. Schlumberger, "Au 16 rue Barbet-de-Jouy avec Jeanne Lanvin," Connaissance des Arts, Paris, no, 138, August 1963, p. 69
Y. Brunhammer, Le Style 1925, Paris, 1975, pp. 40-41
A. Duncan, A. A. Rateau, exh. cat., DeLorenzo Gallery, New York, 1990, pp. 13, 15
F. Olivier-Vial and F. Rateau, Armand-Albert Rateau, Paris, 1992, pp. 36-37, 45
H. Guéné, Décoration et haute couture : Armand-Albert Rateau pour Jeanne Lanvin, un autre Art déco, Paris, 2006, pp. 127, 131, 137
Further details
This model from Jeanne Lanvin's apartment, Paris, circa 1925, can be found in the permanent collection of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (inv. no. 39905).
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