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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 3

"Art Deco Basket of Flowers" Léon Hatot, Fabricants, Paris, (ATO), "Electrique", No. 3022. Made circa 1927. Fine and rare, Art Deco, carved and parcel-gilt wood electric mantel clock with L. Hatot patent regulator, case attributed to Sue et Mare.

CHF 7,000 - 10,000

EUR 4,500 - 6,200 / USD 5,700 - 8,000

C. In the form of a basket of flowers, the flowers gilded, gadrooned body, molded base on gadrooned feet, the back door mounted with Hatot's patent regulator. D. Matte silvered, painted black Paris numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel pierced "spade" hands. M. 12O mm., battery driven, electromagnetic pendulum. Dial and movement signed. Dim. 23 x 22 x 15 cm.


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Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 4*

Fair

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-8-01

Good

Slightly scratched

HANDS Original

Notes

3 Sue et Mare Louis Sue ( 1875 - 1968) Andre Mare (1885 - 1932) Andre Mare, one of the founders of the French Art Deco style, studied at the Academie Julian. Louis Sue also trained as a painter, but turned to interior design as early as 1905. Mare conceived Duchamp Villon's Maison Cubiste, which caused a scandal at the 1912 Salon, while Sue worked with Poiret until the founding of La Maison Martine in 1912. That same year, Sue set up his own decorating firm, L'atelier Francais, and began his association with Mare in 1914. The association became a partnership in 1919, when the Compagnie des Arts Francais was founded. Sue et Mare created all types of decorative objecs. Their furniture used exotic woods and was clearly inspired by traditional French styles. At the 1925 Paris Exposition, their display, called Un Musée d'Art Contemporian, rivaled Ruhlmann's. The firm also exhibited furniture in the Ambassade Francaise and the Perfums d'Orsay boutique, among others. The partnership ended in 1928.