PHILIPPE HIQUILY (1925-2013) COLLECTION Margaret... Lot 32

PHILIPPE HIQUILY (1925-2013) COLLECTION Margaret Louise BROZEK, NEE FEIST (1935-2020) MENERBES, VAUCLUSE. "Quille" circa 1975. Side table. Base in patinated brass brassware. Top in septaria. Early 1970s edition. Height: 59.8 cm Length: 28 cm Width: 22.5 cm Provenance: Collection Margaret Louise Brozek, née Feist (1935-2020), Ménerbes (Vaucluse). Important notice: This work has been authenticated by the Comité Hiquily. A certificate of authenticity from Tara Hiquily will be given to the buyer. Bibliography and related works: Tara Hiquily - Philippe Hiquily, catalog raisonné 1948-2001, volume 2 Loft éditions, Paris, 2012. A very similar model registered under reference 74.Mob.TCHS.PU.lt-Ag.61 and reproduced on page 21 (former Henri Samuel Collection). This lot is on view from November 15 to 28 with expert Emmanuel Eyraud 27 rue Saint-Dominique 75007 Paris Tel. +33.(0)1.45.54.97.51 Margaret Louise Brozek's life is like a novel. Born into a family of New York-area real estate developers, the woman nicknamed Peggy married Philip Uzielli, a young Florentine who became an American and studied at Princetown University. Peggy was introduced to the French decorative arts, elegance and refinement by her mother-in-law Sybil Esmond Uzielli Billotte, herself the daughter of Valentine Deutsch de la Meurthe, and from a prominent family of industrialists and patrons of the arts. Sybil was a friend of Henry Samuel, to whom she entrusted the decoration of her apartments and houses, and Peggy remained very close to Sybil, despite her separation from her son in the 1960s. The Diego Giacometti console was acquired between 1966 and 1968, directly from the artist, via Henri Samuel, when Jacques Grange was working on it. It accompanied Peggy to many of her residences, including Gordes, reproduced in a long report in Art Décoration. It is also similar to the one in Henri Samuel's collection, dispersed at Christie's in Monaco in 1996. In her second marriage, Peggy married Claude Foussier, Chairman and CEO of Société Parisienne de Boissons Gazeuses (SPBG), founded by her father, Jacques Foussier, Chairman and CEO of Pernod. Both father and son were responsible for the introduction and distribution of Coca-Cola in France. Peggy enjoyed a rich social and cultural life. It was during this period that she acquired François Pompon's white marble sculpture, L'Ours Polaire, another proof of which is in the collections of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dijon. In the early 90s, Peggy met Miroslav Jean Brozek, whom she married in 1993 at the Megève town hall. A sculptor known for his acting career, which he pursued for ten years at the turn of the 1960s under the pseudonym Jean Blaise, he was a friend and confidant of Brigitte Bardot, with whom he shared his life in the 70s. Peggy and Miroslav settled in Megève, in Peggy's magnificent chalet at Côte 2000, which she decorated herself and which graced the pages of magazines including AD décoration. Peggy also made her mark on the Ménerbes estate, where a special atmosphere reigned, with the furniture for sale arranged in harmony with Brozek's works.