£9,375
MODERN MADE: Modern & Post-War Art, Design & Studio Ceramics | 677
Auction: 29 April 2022 at 11:00 BST
gilt iron with mottled black marble tops
Provenance:
Sotheby's, London, Fine 20th Century Design, 2 May 2007, Lot 33;
The Private Collection of Mark Gillette.
In his day René Prou was one of the major figures of the Art Deco movement, but one of the significant trademarks of Prou’s work is that ‘there is no identifiable Prou style’. He took the core ideas of the Deco movement, and moulded them to create his own personal spin on them, recreating his approach to design depending on the project and purpose of each commission. This included cabins for the Orient Express, interiors for nine ocean liners, rooms for Tokyo’s Mitsukoshi department store, and the dining room of New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. He also served as professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs.