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<p class="bodyTxt">Although they had built a steady clientele of American
collectors, decorators and curators during their years working as dealers
in Paris and attending "Modernism" fairs in New York and Los Angeles,
French XXth century furniture specialists Catherine and Stéphane
de Beyrie knew they were taking quite a gamble when they decided to move
to New York-theirs was the first such French gallery to do so, and many
of the architect-designers they specialized in were virtually unknown
in the U.S. </p>
<p class="bodyTxt">The move paid off. Ever since they opened the 3,700-square-foot
Galerie de Beyrie in a SoHo loft in February 1996, Catherine and Stéphane
de Beyrie have been welcomed by American collectors, to whom they offer
a rich, ever-changing inventory of pieces by Jacques Adnet, Jean Prouvé,
Jean Royère and Serge Mouille, Georges Jouve among other designers,
as well as major historical retrospectives of their work. </p>
<p class="bodyTxt">The gallery's first New York exhibition, in fall 1997,
was devoted to the work of sculptor Alexandre Noll, whom the de Beyries
introduced to the American market. With the help of his daughter, Odile
Noll, who came over for the show's opening, the de Beyries presented Noll's
unique, sensuous wood creations along with his tools, personal archives
and photographs. </p>
<p class="bodyTxt">Two years later, the furniture of architect and designer
René Herbst, a pioneer in the use of nickel-plated tubing and an
influential figure for many (including Pierre Chareau) in the 20th-century
design avant-garde, was the subject of another museum-quality exhibition,
the first one devoted to him in the U.S. Attracted to his clean lines,
simple volumes and sense of spare elegance, American architects and collectors
acquired many of the designer's pieces. A third-generation dealer and
member of the prestigious Compagnie Nationale des Experts in Paris (an
organization grouping dealers and experts recognized as authorities in
their particular fields). </p>
<p class="bodyTxt">The gallery's spring and fall 2000 presentation of furniture
by Jean Royère, including pieces that had never been seen anywhere
before, was put together thanks to Catherine and Stéphane de Beyrie's
years of research, during which they studied the designer's archives,
traveled to the Middle East (where Royère had a flourishing practice)
and made the connections that allowed them to acquire pieces directly
from the families that had commissioned them in the 1940s and '50s. Accompanied
by a book (the first to be devoted solely to Royère's work in English),
the show-and the combination of style, opulence, practicality and fun
in Royère's designs-won praise and support from collectors and
curators alike. </p>
<p><span class="bodyTxt">The de Beyries' life is one of constant research
about and contact with the furniture and decorative objects they offer.
When they are not walking collectors through their loft, sharing their
knowledge about the pieces on display and their designers, they are reading
through books and archives and identifying pieces, talking on the telephone
with the owners of pieces they have located, or traveling to France-where
they spend at least one week per month and where an important number of
their clients continue to be located-and other countries, hoping to discover
and acquire new material.</span> </p>
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