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.
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 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
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.
Stilobate column from the Column Collection created in 2008 by Alessandro Mendini (born in 1931). Superego Edition limited to 50 numbered copies. The column is surmounted by a box with a lid. Black, green and chrome enameled porcelain.
Signed under the base by the designer and the editor and numbered 5/50.
For more information : Alessandro MENDINI
Modernist lamp in chrome metal, the articulated head on the shaft is ending with with a frosted glass cylinder. Bakelite switch on the wooden base. By Jean Boris Lacroix. European standard wiring.
Pouf or ottoman in patinated leather symbolizing a bull by Dimitri Omersa. Ottoman manufactured by Omersa & Co, Lincolnshire England for Liberty's of London. A Dimitri Omersa seat symbolizing a boar is also available.