Chinese Art Nouveau bamboo tray table, early 20th c., lotus-carved hardwood tray top, folding bamboo base, 28.5"h x 33.75"w x 19.25"d

Provenance: From the Collection of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw

Notes/Literature: Art dealer, connoisseur, and philanthropist Eugene Victor Thaw (1927-2018) was widely considered to be among the world's greatest collectors of European master drawings, French Post-Impressionism, Cubism, and an early advocate of the American Abstract Expressionists. One of the most respected art dealers of his day, he is credited with placing hundreds of major works into museums around the world, and was the founding member and past president of the Art Dealers Association of America.

Good/Fair, bamboo supports affixed to underside of tray with adhesive visible, lacking one bamboo rondel end cap and one affixed with glue, some finish wear, a couple minor edge losses