Raymond Subes
Height: 79 cm. (31.1 in.)
Length: 400 cm. (157.5 in.)
Width: 120 cm. (47.2 in.)
Dimensions of each bench:
Height: 54 cm. (21.2 in.)
Length: 153 cm. (60.2 in.)
Width: 43 cm. (16.9 in.)
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In 1935, Raymond Subes was entrusted with the interior design of the Crédit Foncier de France bank (now I.M.F.) in Paris. For the stately lobby, he created two streamlined, one-of-a-kind tables, each accompanied by four benches. This important commission is a rare example of the artist’s luxurious, modernist palette that exemplifies the spirit of the 1930s.
This set was later in the esteemed private collection of Wolfgang Joop, a famous German fashion designer.
Provenance
Crédit Foncier de France (currently I.M.F.), Paris.
Christie's, London, 20th Century Decorative Arts, 12 May 1999, lot 485.
Wolfgang Joop’s personal collection (from his Villa Wunderkind residence).
Exhibitions
A pair of benches originally created with the table were exhibited at the Musée des Années Trente, Paris during the Les Décorateurs des années 40 exhibition, November 17, 1998 – January 16, 1999.
Literature
A model with a similar base was exhibited in the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, 1935, Mobilier et Décoration, June 1935, p.16.
Vue of Crédit Foncier appears in Raymond Subes Ferronnier, introduction by Paul Léon, 1961, pl.57.