Pierre Bobot

Lot 175: Pierre Bobot

Name: Pierre Bobot
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 77qr7xtueu

Est: $10,000 USD - $15,000 USDSold:

Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USJune 19, 2007

Item Overview

Description

ca. 1950 incised Pierre Bobot and with the PrsB cipher carved parcel-gilt and polychrome-decorated aubergene-lacquered wood

Dimensions

measurements note each panel: 71 x 19 1/4 in. (180.3 x 48.9 cm)

Artist or Maker

Pierre Bobot

Literature

Lumière Du Laque: Pierre Bobot au Musée Carnavalet, Paris, 2002, p. 97 (for a closely related screen from this aerial views series depicting the Place de la Concord)
Viviane Jutheau, Jules et Andre Leleu, Paris, 1996, p. 176 (for a closely related screen from this aerial views series depicting Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre)

Provenance

Acquired by the owner's father in New York, ca. 1950

Notes

The artist's daughter, Marie-Thérèse Bobot, has confirmed that while her father may have depicted the same monument in a number of screens, for each screen he always chose to depict a different perspective viewpoint, which renders each screen unique.

Auction Details

Important 20th Century Design

Sotheby's

June 19, 2007, 12:00 PM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US

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