Emilio TERRY (1890-1969) - Lot 14

Emilio TERRY (1890-1969) Seats with reeds 1928 - 1929 Exceptional and rare part of a living room including a bench and a suite of four chairs Provenance: Emilio Terry's entourage, then by inheritance Bibliography: Pierre Arizzoli-Clementel. Emilio Terry - Architect and Decorator. Gourcuff 2013. p. 273. "Seats with reeds". Note: Discovered in the attic of a small barn, our salon completes a set, consisting of a banquette and four chairs, kept at the Maurice Denis Museum in Saint Germain en Laye. The tapestries in this salon were made by Germaine Montereau from a cartoon by Jean Hugo around 1929. We were fortunate enough to discover and present the canvas used as a model for the seat of the banquette at an "Arts du XXème" sale on 25/11/2023. We are now presenting the canvases used to create the cushions for the bench seat. This set is probably the fruit of an unfinished project by Emilio Terry, possibly for the home of Rosita de Castries near Biarritz. In the end, he delivered only half of the original project. Note: In agreement with our vendor, hereafter is a note to clarify the origin of the lots presented in this sale. All the lots presented today come from the estate of Mr. Raymond BERANGER. Mr. BERANGER worked for some thirty years with Emilio TERRY as a decorator and upholsterer on a number of projects, including the fitting out and decoration of the Château de ROCHECOTTE. We have in our possession several letters from Emilio TERRY showing the extent to which relations had become friendly and not just professional over the years. One example is a letter dated 1950, 19 years before the artist's death, in which he talks about how much he misses their endless conversations, and I quote: "Bien amicalement et affectueusement à vous? It is more than likely that there are 3 sources in Mr. Raymond BERANGER's estate. On the one hand, free gifts from the artist to Mr. Raymond BERANGER, and we are thinking in particular of the sketchbooks containing projects on which the two men might have worked together. On the other hand, the workshop holdings of the Tours craftsmen working for Emilio TERRY, and we are inevitably thinking of the unfinished salon set and the paintings by Jean HUGO intended to serve as models for the tapestries that were to decorate it, which explains the proximity of these lots in the same estate. Finally, Mr. Raymond BERANGER, who had the means and a keen interest in works of art, was able to acquire some of the works presented today through other channels. We are delighted to present this sale, a tribute to the genius and talent of Emilio TERRY, and we thank you for your interest.