Important Design
Important Design
Property of a Distinguished Family Collection, New York and Palm Beach
Jean-Michel Frank
Pair of Console Tables
Auction Closed
December 8, 09:48 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Distinguished Family Collection, New York and Palm Beach
Jean-Michel Frank
Pair of Console Tables
circa 1938
executed by Comté, Buenos Aires, Argentina
patinated iron, original leather, oak
30 x 39⅜ x 10½ in. (76.2 x 100 x 26.6 cm) each
Private Collection, Buenos Aires, acquired directly from Comté, circa 1940s
Thence by descent to the present owner
Thence by descent to the present owner
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, L'étrange Luxe du Rien, Paris, 2006, p. 314 (for a variant of the model)
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank: Un Décorateur dans le Paris des Années 30, Paris 2009, p. 90 (for a variant of the model)
James Buresh, Jean-Michel Frank in Argentina, New York, 2010, pp. 54-56 and 62-63 (for variants of the model)
Laure Verchère, Jean-Michel Frank, New York, 2018, pp. 19 and 138-139
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank: Un Décorateur dans le Paris des Années 30, Paris 2009, p. 90 (for a variant of the model)
James Buresh, Jean-Michel Frank in Argentina, New York, 2010, pp. 54-56 and 62-63 (for variants of the model)
Laure Verchère, Jean-Michel Frank, New York, 2018, pp. 19 and 138-139
This lot is offered together with a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Jean-Michel Frank.