Design
Design
Property of a Distinguished Family Collection, New York and Palm Beach
Lot Closed
October 8, 05:29 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Distinguished Family Collection, New York and Palm Beach
JEAN-MICHEL FRANK
PAIR OF "CROISILLON" TABLE LAMPS
circa 1940
produced by Comté, Buenos Aires, Argentina
painted bronze, fabric shades
21⅛ in. (53.8 cm) high each including shades
Private Collection, Buenos Aires, acquired directly from Comte, circa 1940s
Thence by descent to the present owner
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, pp. 116, 122 and 245
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, L'étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, pp. 92, 139, 199 and 271
Jean-Michel Frank, exh. cat., Galerie Vallois, Paris, 2006, n.p.
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank: Un Décorateur dans le Paris des Années 30, Paris 2009, pp. 82 (for a related model in terracotta) and 87
This lot is offered together with a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Jean-Michel Frank.