JACQUES-ÉMILE RUHLMANN
A suite of four chairs with stained beech frame, zoomorphic back legs, tapered front legs, wide and deep mulched seat, cut-out back with mulching effect.
H 32 5/8 - L 18 7/8 - D 18 1/2 in.
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"When Ruhlmann draws inspiration from the traditional rustic straw-seated chair, he does so with the sharp eye of an observer who can decipher, beyond the apparent modesty of 18th and 19th-century country chairs, the subtleties that sometimes lend them a distinguished air (...). When Ruhlmann designs Rendez-vous des pêcheurs de truites, it is likely that he is focused on the potential arrangement of his Norman house located in Lyons-la-Forêt. He then recognizes the relevance of adopting a rustic approach suited to the purpose of the place. The relatively understated rusticity of the interior he envisions reveals a modern intent in the distribution of spaces, organized according to a concept that remains contemporary."
– Yvonne Brunhammer, in Ruhlmann: A Genius of Art Deco, Somogy edition, Paris, 2001, p.200.
Provenance
Model presented at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, in Paris, 1932.Literature
Ruhlmann, Un génie de l’Art Déco, collective work, Somogy Éditions d’Art, Paris, 2001, similar model reproduced p. 200.
Gaston Varenne, “XXIIe Salon des Artistes Décorateurs,” Art et Décoration, July 1932, pp. 218–219.
Madeleine A. Dayot, “Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann,” L’Art et les Artistes, January 1935, p. 119.
Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1983, related models reproduced pp. 107–109.
Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Éditions Monelle Hayot, Paris, 2009, related models reproduced pp. 360–365.
Emmanuel Bréon and Rosalind Pepall, Ruhlmann, un génie de l’Art Déco, exhibition catalogue, Boulogne-Billancourt, Musée des Années 30, November 15, 2001 – March 17, 2002, models reproduced pp. 42, 200, and 201.
Emmanuel Bréon and Rosalind Pepall, Ruhlmann, Genius of Art Deco, exhibition catalogue, Somogy / Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, November 15, 2001 – March 17, 2002 (Boulogne-Billancourt); June 10 – September 5, 2004 (New York); September 30 – December 12, 2004 (Montreal), Paris, 2004, pp. 42, 200–201.
Florence Camard, Ruhlmann, Éditions Monelle Hayot, Saint-Rémy-en-l’Eau, 2009, p. 428, for a view of the Salon du Rendez-vous des pêcheurs de truites.
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