Sofa (for Jacques Doucet residence, Paris, France)
(Primary Title)
Marcel Coard, French, 1889 - 1975 (Artist)
Inscribed (twice)(back, left and right edges): M.C. COARD
Gift of Sydney and Frances Lewis
Jacques Doucet - Yves Saint Laurent: Living for Art, Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, October 15, 2015 - February 14, 2016
Ca. 1925, Jacques Doucet, Neuilly (1853–1929); by 1929, Estate of Jacques Doucet, Paris; November 1972, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Sale; [1] November 8, 1972, Sydney and Frances Lewis, Richmond, Virginia; [2] December 1985, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Gift of Sydney and Frances Lewis [3]
[1] Ancienne Collection Jacques Doucet, catalogue of sale, Paris: Hôtel Drouot, Nov. 8, 1972, no. 52, illus.
[2] November 8, 1972 Drouot invoice for No. 52, copy in VMFA Object file (original in Virginia Historical Society Archives: Mssll5888aFA2; Series 3.2; Folder 391). Handwritten Note dated November 20, 1972 from Sydney Lewis to Charles Wyrick ("Pete") referencing his purchase of 3 items from Nov. 8 sale at Hotel Drouot, including No. 52. (VMFA object file)
[3] Information in VMFA Curatorial and Registration files
[1] Ancienne Collection Jacques Doucet, catalogue of sale, Paris: Hôtel Drouot, Nov. 8, 1972, no. 52, illus.
[2] November 8, 1972 Drouot invoice for No. 52, copy in VMFA Object file (original in Virginia Historical Society Archives: Mssll5888aFA2; Series 3.2; Folder 391). Handwritten Note dated November 20, 1972 from Sydney Lewis to Charles Wyrick ("Pete") referencing his purchase of 3 items from Nov. 8 sale at Hotel Drouot, including No. 52. (VMFA object file)
[3] Information in VMFA Curatorial and Registration files
©artist or artist’s estate
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