ANDRÉ ARBUS (1903-1969) Variant (reduced and without the Vadim Androusov masks) of the model created in [1934], the latter having competed for the Blumenthal Prize that same year. Pair of mahogany middle tables, which can also be used as a pair of writing tables. The legs are very slightly sabre-shaped, joined in pairs by curvilinear struts underlined by projecting beads. The tabletops have rounded corners and slightly concave sides, each received by a thin belt underlined by a projecting rush around the edge; one top in exotic wood veneer, the other in veneered veneer. Condition and restorations, one top replaqué, its reverse showing three reinforcing grafts, the other top showing a crack. Height: 72.5 cm - Length: 101 cm - Width: 77.5 cm Bibliography : - Art et Décoration - January 1935. Reduced version, without the masks, of the model reproduced on page 23. - Art et Industrie - N° 8, March 1935. Reduced version, without masks, of the model reproduced on page 14. - Mobilier et Décoration - N° 3, March 1936. Reduced version, without masks, of the model reproduced on page 94 in an article entirely devoted to the artist by Bernard Champigneulle. - Yvonne Brunhammer - André Arbus - Architecte-Décorateur des années 40 - Éditions Norma, Paris, 1996. Reduced version, without the masks, of the model reproduced on page 97.