Lot 39: RENÉ COULON

PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK COLLECTOR Armchair Produced by the Glaceries de Saint-Gobain, France. Each panel etched with Glace Sécurit.

29 5/8 x 29 1/4 x 26 1/2 in. (75.2 x 74.3 x 67.3 cm)

Tempered glass, coated canvas.

circa 1938

Yvonne Brunhammer, Le Mobilier Français: 1930-1960, Paris, 1997, front cover, p. 82 for a similar example Maurice Hamon and Caroline Mathieu, Saint-Gobain 1665-1937: Une entreprise devant l'histoire, exh. cat., Musee d'Orsay, Paris, 2006, p. 173 for the chair exhibited in the Saint-Gobain pavilion in 1937, p. 174

Galerie Chastel-Maréchal, Paris Sothebys, New York, Important 20th Century Design Including the Charles M. Pratt Desk and Chair by Greene & Greene, December 16, 2010, lot 96