Lot 123 Bed Armand-Albert Rateau

Bed Armand-Albert Rateau

USD 30,000

30,000 - 50,000 USD

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Armand-Albert Rateau
1882-1938
Bed
circa 1921
stamped A. A. RATEAU three times and numbered 7098 twice
cherry, oak
height 28 ⅛ in.; width 87 in.; depth 71 in.
71.4 cm; 221 cm; 182.9 cm
来源：Madame Rateau, Paris, circa 1921, by repute;
Hervé Chayette Laurence Calmels Paris, June 10, 1987, lot 206;
DeLorenzo Gallery, New York;
Sotheby's New York, December 8, 2022, lot 343;
Where acquired by the present collector.
展览：A. A. Rateau, DeLorenzo Gallery, New York, October-November 1990
著录：A. A. Rateau, exh. cat., DeLorenzo Gallery, New York, 1990, p. 72, no. 12
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说明：Armand Albert Rateau’s furniture occupies a singular position within the history of French Art Deco, distinguished by a synthesis of modern restraint and an enduring fascination with the past. Drawing upon the vocabulary of antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the decorative arts of the ancien régime, Rateau transformed historical references into objects of striking sculptural presence. His interiors were conceived as Gesamtkunstwerke, in which architecture, furniture, and ornament were united by a highly individual sensibility.
The present bed, dating to circa 1921, is a particularly intimate expression of this vision. Executed in cherry and oak, its substantial yet elegantly resolved form demonstrates Rateau’s ability to invest functional furniture with an almost architectural character. The warmth and tactility of the timber are central to its effect, while the restrained treatment of the surface reveals an appreciation for material and proportion over superfluous ornament.
Its reputed provenance from Madame Rateau’s own bedroom lends the work an especially evocative dimension. Rather than an isolated piece of decorative furniture, it can be understood as an embodiment of the private world in which Rateau’s distinctive aesthetic was first lived. Created during the formative years of his career, the bed anticipates the refined synthesis of historicism, modernity and luxurious simplicity that would come to define his most celebrated interiors.