VALENTINE SCHLEGEL (1925-2021) Untitled, created in 1977 for a property in Gyf-sur-Yvette, the only version of the fireplace created the same year for Yvonne Brunhammer in the house she shared with the artist. Sculpture-mantelpiece; one part forms a shelf, the other a seat. Staff (plaster and filasse). Signed and dated SCHLEGEL 1977 - Made by SICHEL-DULONG, engraved on an independent medallion, originally built into the wall to the right of the mantelpiece, which will be given to the purchaser. Overall dimensions: Height: 280cm - Length: 303cm - Depth (on the floor): 72cm Important note: This work is sold by designation, dismantled for this sale and cut into 14 parts by Frédéric Sichel-Dulong (who himself assembled it in his home in Gyf-sur-Yvette). A cutting plan of the numbered elements can be given to the buyer. Provenance: Our work, created in 1977 for a house in Gyf-sur-Yvette, remained in situ until it was dismantled for this sale. Public collection: Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris - The model of our fireplace is kept in the collections of this institution under inventory number 2022.89.1. Bibliography: - Yvonne Brunhammer - Surely Valentine in The World of Interiors - October 2012. The fireplace in the house at 25 rue Bezout in Paris that Valentine Schlegel shared with Yvonne Brunhammer reproduced on pages 302 and 305. - Hélène Bertin - Valentine Schlegel: je dors, je travaille - Coédition future et Centre d'Art Contemporain de Brétigny, 2017. Our work reproduced in situ on page 186; the fireplace in the house at 25 rue Bezout in Paris that Valentine Schlegel shared with Yvonne Brunhammer reproduced on pages 197, 198, and 199-200. - Valentine Schlegel, l'art pour quotidien - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musée Fabre, Montpellier (May 12 - September 17, 2023), Éditions Snoeck/Musée Fabre, Ghent/Montpellier, 2023. The model of our fireplace model reproduced on pages 86-87 and 94. Related literature: - Yvonne Brunhammer -Le Feu. Valentine Schlegel's fireplaces in La Maison Française - N° 163 of December 1962 - January 1963. Other fireplace sculptures by Valentine Schlegel reproduced on pages 138 to 141. - Yvonne Brunhammer - Valentine Schlegel - Cheminées, sculptures à vivre - 1964-1975 - Catalogue of the exhibition held at Galerie La Demeure, Paris (June 3 - 29, 1975), Éditions de la galerie, Paris, 1975. Other fireplace-sculptures by Valentine Schlegel reproduced in the book. - Yvonne Brunhammer - Murs-sculptures. Valentine Schlegel, in L'Œil - N° 239, June 1975. Other fireplace-sculptures by Valentine Schlegel reproduced on pages 68 to 71.