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Lot 2245
An Anglo Indian white painted pierced-carved wood settee adapted by Tony Duquette
16 April 2012, 10:00 PDT
Los AngelesSold for US$3,750 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistAn Anglo Indian white painted pierced-carved wood settee
adapted by Tony Duquette
together with down filled throw pillows
height 36in (91.5cm); width 68in (172.8cm; depth 36in (91.5cm)
together with down filled throw pillows
height 36in (91.5cm); width 68in (172.8cm; depth 36in (91.5cm)
Footnotes
The offered lot was originally acquired by Tony Duquette while visiting the Maharana of Udaipur.
Literature:
Hutton Wilkinson, More is More, Abrams Publishers, 2009, p. 340 for an illustration of the offered lot in-situ.
Portions of lots 2240 -2246 were used for Tony Duquette's set design in the movie 'Lovely to Look At' (1952) and had multiple owners including actor James Coburn (1970s) and industrialist and art collector, Norton Simon and Jennifer Jones (1980s) and was bought back by Tony Duquette several times.

