SOTHEBY'S - Lot 32

SOTHEBY'S Set of 11 sales catalogs for 20th CENTURY DECORATIVE ARTS in Monaco (1983-1991) At a time when foreign auction houses were not authorized to operate in France, these legendary Sunday sales, held every six months, significantly accelerated the expansion of the Art Nouveau and Art Deco markets. Most lots were illustrated in color or B&W in elegant 27 x 21 cm catalogs (24.5 x 18 cm for the first 3). (All in excellent condition, with only a few price inscriptions in pencil; often accompanied by their results sheet). The sale catalogs of : - March 6, 1983, 290 lots (Majorelle, Printz, Ruhlmann, Adnet, Chareau, H. Henry...) - Oct. 9, 1983, 330 lots (Mc Intosh, Iribe, Ruhlmann, Dunand, Coard...) - March 11 1984, 349 lots (Süe & Mare, Ruhlmann, Hoffmann, Chiparus...) - 7 Oct 1984, 291 lots (C. Bugatti, K. Moser, de Feure, Colonna, Groult, Dupré-Lafon, Mollino...) - Mar. 17, 1985, 357 lots (Rietveld, Printz, Chareau, Thonet, Dunand...) - Oct. 6, 1985, 371 lots (Marinot, F. Loyd Wright, Iribe, Ruhlmann, Sognot, Printz, Frank, Mollino...) - April 13, 1986, 387 lots (Tiffany, Mc Intosh, Ruhlmann, Chareau, Dunand...) - April 5, 1987, 365 lots (Goulden, Ruhlmann archives, Hoffmann, Gropius 13 lots, Dunand, Mallet-Stevens mobilier de la villa Cavroix 42 lots, Chareau, Frank, Eileen Gray...) - April 17, 1988, 423 lots (Gallé, Lalique, R. Desvallières, Ruhlmann, Dunand...) - April 23, 1989, 385 lots (Tiffany, Daum, Lalique, Ruhlmann including archives, Chareau, Dunand...) - April 21, 1991, 485 lots (Gallé, Daum, Serrurier-Bovy, Ruhlmann, E. Gray, J-M Frank, Dunand...) 11 volumes (GZ100)