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a close up of a white table with a black topthe table is white and has a black top and legs
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313 - ANDRE MONPOIX (1925–1976) DESIGNER & TFM (THEVENIN, FERT AND…
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Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
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ANDRE MONPOIX (1925–1976) DESIGNER & TFM (THEVENIN, FERT AND MAYET) PUBLISHER PROJECT BY THE A.R.C. (RESEARCH AND CREATION WORKSHOP) OF THE MOBILIER NATIONAL T.R. programme, designed in [1971] and launched in [1972] for the Ministry of Public Health and the fitting-out of the French Presidency’s SNCF carriage, inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth II High round table. The circular top is veneered with its original white melamine; the edge has been (re)lacquered in black. The four ‘Gouttière’-style legs are made of white-lacquered aluminium. Early 1970s edition. The edge has been repainted black; there are small chips in the melamine finish around the edge of the top. H. 73.5 cm D. 100 cm Archives: Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris Variations in the form of coffee tables featured in archive images from the Ministry of Public Health (1972) and from the interior design of the French Presidency’s SNCF carriage, inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth II (1972), held in the institution’s collections within the André Monpoix Collection, under the reference numbers ARCH-MON/1-49, 52, 71, 74–76, 80–84, 96–98, 138–141, 148 and 188/a. Public collection and related work: Mobilier National, Paris A coffee table version is held in the collections of this institution under inventory number GMC 211/002. Bibliography: - *L’Œil* Nos. 206–207, February–March 1972. Variants in the form of coffee tables are reproduced on pages 56 and 58, based on photographs from the Ministry of Public Health. - ‘Le Wagon-Salon de la Reine’ in *Jours de France* 1972. Variants in the form of coffee tables are reproduced in this article devoted to the interior design of the SNCF carriage belonging to the Presidency of the French Republic.
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About the sale 20th-Century Art – Auction at 11.00 and 14.00
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