PAUL DUPRÉ-LAFON (1900-1971) Modernist office chair in black lacquered wood. Gaine-type front legs, rear legs overhanging the seat and receiving the nickel-plated metal support for the backrest. The curvilinear backrest is supported by a curved nickel-plated metal plate. Seat upholstered in fawn leather. Circa 1930. Used condition, restorations, non-original black lacquer, non-original leather upholstery, nickel plating redone. Height: 74cm - Length: 52cm - Depth: 56cm Please note: We would like to thank Laure Tinel Dupré-Lafon, the artist's successor, for confirming the authenticity of this work. A certificate from the successor in title will be given to the buyer, at his request and expense. Provenance: - Art Nouveau - Art déco - Sale by Me Boisgirard, Hôtel Drouot, October 22, 1986. Our desk chair presented under catalog number 151 (in conjunction with the desk) at this auction. - Galerie Couvrat Desvergnes. Acquired at the previous sale. - Private collection, Neuilly-sur-Seine. Acquired from Galerie Couvrat Desvergnes during the first exhibition devoted to Paul Dupré-Lafon, April 29-September 15, 1987. Bibliography: Thierry Couvrat Desvergnes - Paul Dupré-Lafon, décorateur des millionnaires - Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1990. Our office chair reproduced on pages 42 and 43, a very similar model in an archive photograph reproduced on page 105; a detail reproduced on page 47.