JEAN ROYÈRE
Pair of small “Œuf” chairs, 1951
Oak, fabric (2). Each: 24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm.) high
ESTIMATE $50,000-70,000
LITERATURE Catherine and Stephane de Beyrie and Jacques Ouaiss, Jean Royère, New York, 2000, illustrated p. 59
The ovum is the seat of human life and the largest cell in the body. Jean Royère flipped the egg and sat the body in it. He first exhibited his small ‘Oeuf’ chairs at the 1954 Salon des Arts Ménagers in Paris, although they had incubated since 1951. Two halves faced each...
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