FÉLIX (1929-2019) (GÉRARD CHAMAYOU, DIT) - Lot 149

FÉLIX (1929-2019) (GÉRARD CHAMAYOU, DIT) "Arbre de lumière" one-of-a-kind piece Sculptural floor lamp with 12 lights. Cylindrical base, shafts and 22 light arms in coral-lacquered metal. Complete with its twelve lights, one of which tops the between-two shafts, the other eleven each received by two arms. Circa 1980-1990. Signed FÉLIX on the base. H. 183 cm Used condition. Provenance : Collection of the artist. Remains in his family. Bibliography and related works : Félix (Gérard Chamayou, dit) - Félix ou l'esthétique des mathématiques - Éditions Alternatives, Paris, 2007. An article devoted to Arbres à lumière on page 92 and a similar model reproduced on the same page. FÉLIX (Gérard Chamayou) Gérard Chamayou, the future Félix, was born in 1929 in Asnières (Seine). After brilliant engineering studies, he joined a major industrial group before founding his own company, Multicub, in 1965, which gave him the means to develop his inventions and, later, produce his sculptures in his own workshops. For thirty years, the company operated at full capacity, alternating between prestigious commissions and personal creations. In 1997, the artist decided to help the homeless. He created the Félix Cité association, which two years later built a reintegration village in Corbeil, made up of fifteen Shelters of his own invention.