René DROUET (1899-1993) - Lot 109

René DROUET (1899-1993) & Line & Claude MALESPINE (1914-2005 / 1914-2014) Song of Songs Four-panel hinged screen in chased polychrome lacquer polychrome lacquer (two pieces missing near the hinges). near the hinges). Inscribed at the top: "What is this is this that rises / from the desert like a / column of smoke exhaling / myrrh and incense". incense". Height 200 cm - Length 60 cm Provenance: former René Drouet collection, Paris acquired from him and resold to the current current owner. History: painters and decorators Line and Claude Malespine exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs des Artistes Décorateurs between 1950 and 1960, where they large panels. They enjoyed a fruitful collaboration with cabinetmaker René Drouet, for whom they created several furniture and screen screens. Bibliography: - Élites françaises, May 1950, screen visible on a in situ advertising by René Drouet (n.p.), reproduced in the catalog. - Paul Sentenac, René Drouet, Mobilier & Décoration, Paris, May 1950, model of our screen referenced and reproduced on p. 14.