Large square coffee table, 1970s.
Large square coffee table with stainless steel base square section.
Top covered with a sheet of acid oxidized brass coated with a clear lacquer cracked like the ancient Chinese lacquer.
Large square coffee table with stainless steel base square section.
Top covered with a sheet of acid oxidized brass coated with a clear lacquer cracked like the ancient Chinese lacquer.
A Bauhaus painting by Henri Pfeiffer 1928.
Painting with cubist style by Henri Pfeiffer (1907-1994).
Monogrammed "HP" and dated "28"
On the reverse listing of the hand of the artist: "This watercolor signed HP28 is my original Bauhaus era." Signed Pfeiffer with another entry on the lower right: "A former student of Paul Klee".
Henri Pfeiffer joined the Bauhaus at the age of 17 where he became a student of Paul Klee. He created many abstract works with a renewed vision of the use and perception of colors. Very young, he studied intensively the chemistry of pigments with his uncle. In 1933 when the Bauhaus was forbidden he was arrested by the Gestapo but he succeed to be released with the help of his parents. He then abandonned painting but still got passionate with colors becoming a famous ophtalmologist specialized in the perception of colors. He wrote a book about the subject in the 1950’s. This early genius artist, who produced an avant-garde painting work with a fascinating research on colors, is a real discovery. His history and his journey from art to science with the continuous obsession of color perception understanding is fascinating and very consistent with the ethical and philosophical Bahaus principles which never separated art from science and industy.
For more information : Henri PFEIFFER
Gouache depicting a seated Touareg (also called blue man of the desert because of their indigo dyed clothing). The painting is signed Monique Cras, dated 1942 and titled 'Chasseur de mouflon dans le Hoggar' (Mouflon Hunter in the Hoggar). The Hoggar is a mountain range in southern Algeria.
A very elegant folding side table by André Groult, circa 1930.
This model is knowed as Geisha due to its Japanese inspiration.
Stained wood with two trays.
Photography by Lucien Clergue representing Serge Lifar (Diaghilev successor as a director of the famous Russian Ballet and director of the Paris Opera House)) accompanied by Janine Charrat (legendary ballet dancer and ballet director) taken in Arles (France) in 1954.
The photography is signed on the bottom right. Manuscript dedication on the back "Souvenir of an Arlesian admirer, Andre Bernard, Arles July 54 the 1st".
Original print.
Dimension without frame: 22cm x 14cm.
Coffee table attributed to Francoise See, 1970s.
Rectangular coffee table with a stainless steel base and a thick glass top.
The base is formed of two curved steel blades joined by a spacer.
Attributed to Francoise See - French 1970's designer.