MATHIEU MATÉGOT (1910-2001) - Lot 313

MATHIEU MATÉGOT (1910-2001) "Furniture specially designed and created for the artist to decorate the attic of Dr Claoué's duplex apartment, Paris, 1961. Single bed that can be used as a bench. Head, foot and long sides in ash veneer. Conical brass feet, each fitted with a castor; not original, but probably assembled at the time. H. 80 cm - L. 196 cm - W. 94 cm Used condition, chips, scattered cracks in veneer, oxidation on brass parts. Provenance and history : Succession Claoué, Paris. In 1956, Mathieu Matégot decorated Dr. Claoué's clinic with furniture partly in lacquered or perforated metal. Included in this ensemble was a large desk with a base sheathed in black saddle-stitched leather and a large clear glass slab top. In 1961, five years after building his clinic, Dr Claoué naturally commissioned the decorator to arrange and decorate the attic rooms above his Paris apartment. Our bed on castors was located in the second attic room, next to the office. Bibliography : Patrick Favardin - Mathieu Matégot - Éditions Galerie Matthieu Richard & Éditions Norma, Paris, 2014. Our bed, situated in the attic, featured in an archive photograph reproduced on full page 285. Expert : Emmanuel Eyraud