André Arbus & Vadim Androusov, Table
André Arbus (1903-1969) & Vadim Androusov (1895-1975)
Table
Circa 1934
Large sycamore table.
The rectangular top with rounded corners is set on a withdrawn moulded belt.
This top stands on four spindle-shaped legs linked in pairs by a circular brace. Each leg is adorned with a mask carved from the wood by Vadim Androusov.
Signed ‘André Arbus’ on the inside of one leg and on the underside of the top.
This model won André Arbus the Blumenthal prize in 1934.
Height 72 cm (28 ⅜ in) - Length 179,5 cm (70 ⅝ in) - Depth 77 cm (30 ¼ in)
Provenance :
- Gallery Yves Gastou, Paris.
- Private collection, London.
Literature :
- « André Arbus, architecte-décorateur des années 40 », Y. Brunhammer, éd. Norma, Paris, 1996, model repro-duced pp. 69 et 97.
- Archives André Arbus © Galerie Chastel-Maréchal, for similar models.
- « André Arbus ébéniste », G. Varenne, revue Art et Décoration, janvier 1935, similar model reproduced p.23.
