ALBERT CHEURET
'HIBOU' CONSOLE, c. 1925
Patinated bronze cast. Period edition depicting an owl with open wings perched on a Lunel marble and patinated bronze base. Triangular top with rounded corners resting on a wall-mounted support in Lunel marble. Original triangular mirror with upper and lower bronze mounts and integrated lighting system.
H 208 - W 60 - D 34 cm.
H 81 7/8 - W 23 5/8 - D 13 3/8 in.
H 81 7/8 - W 23 5/8 - D 13 3/8 in.
Signed in hollow on the right wing 'Albert Cheuret'
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Provenance
Jean-Claude Brugnot's Collection, Paris.Auction sale : Jean-Claude Brugnot's collection, Million & Robert, Hôtel George V, Paris, June 18, 1993.
Literature
This model was featured in several of Albert Cheuret’s booths at art fairs of the period (Albert Cheuret Archives, Galerie Marcilhac).Pierre Kjellberg, Art Déco, Les Maîtres du mobilier – Le décor des paquebots, Éditions de l’Amateur, Paris, new edition, p. 59, for a similar model.