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Lot 1194
Brighton Pavilion style Chinese bamboo chair
Sold
$150
Starting Bid: $100
Est.
$200 - $300
Live Auction
SELECT: 3 Day Auction
Description
First half 20th c., bamboo frame with Chinese style pattern decoration, faux-leopard upholstery, 37"h x 27"w x 26"d, 21" seat height
Condition
Good, nice patina to bamboo, no breaks observed
Provenance
From the Collection of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Literature
Art dealer, connoisseur, and philanthropist Eugene Victor Thaw (1927-2018) was widely considered to be among the world's greatest collectors of European master drawings, French Post-Impressionism, Cubism, and an early advocate of the American Abstract Expressionists. One of the most respected art dealers of his day, he is credited with placing hundreds of major works into museums around the world, and was the founding member and past president of the Art Dealers Association of America.