Abel Landry's Armchair Joins the Musée d'Orsay

Result EUR8,250

Published on 28 October 2018, by Philippe Dufour

Auction on 26 October 2018 - 13:00 (CEST) - 31, boulevard d'Alsace - 06400 Cannes

It might not have come top of the bidding at the Cannes sale of 26 October, but a highly unusual armchair was perhaps the real star of the occasion. The 1902 chair came from an Alpes-Maritime collection, and as well as the technical description of "model 43" also sports the more appealing name of "Flaneuse" or "idler"....

Abel Landry (1871-1923), "Flâneuse" armchair, model "43", 1902, carved varnished... Abel Landry's Armchair Joins the Musée d'Orsay

Abel Landry (1871-1923), "Flâneuse" armchair, model "43", 1902, carved varnished wood, 102 x 74 cm.

Result: €8,250

It might not have come top of the bidding at the Cannes sale of 26 October, but a highly unusual armchair was perhaps the real star of the occasion. The 1902 chair came from an…

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