LOT DETAILS

Materials:

original calfskin upholstery, ebonized

Measurements:

29.25 in. (74.30 cm.) (height) by 21.50 in. (54.60 cm.) (width) by 34.72 in. (88.20 cm.) (width)

Literature:

For this 'Transat': E. Gray, J. Badovici, E1027 – Maison en Bord de Mer, L’Architecture Vivante, Paris, 1929, p. 21, pl. 7, 12; P. Chareau, Meubles, L’Art International d’Aujoud’hui, Paris, VII 1929, pl. 36; C. & P. Fiell, 1000 Chairs, Köln, 1997, p. 202; C. & P. Fiell, Design of the 20th Century, Köln, 1999, p. 297. For other examples of this model: P. Garner, Twentieth-Century Furniture, New York, 1980, p. 110; P. Adam, Eileen Gray: Architect-Designer, London, 1987, pp. 188, 247; P. Bayer, Art Deco Interiors, London, 1990, p. 136; P. Garner, Eileen Gray: Designer and Architect, Berlin, 1993, pp. 36, 103; Exhibition catalogue, Eileen Gray sous la direction de Cloé Pitiot, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2013, pp. 69, 187.

Provenance:

Eileen Gray / Galerie Jean Désert; Untraced until 1980; Barry Friedman Ltd., New York; Private collection, United States; Barry Friedman Ltd., New York; Time Warner Collection, New York, 1988; Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1993.