Important Design
Important Design
Property of a Distinguished Family Collection, New York and Palm Beach
Jean-Michel Frank
Pair of “Croisillon” Table Lamps
Auction Closed
December 8, 09:48 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 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
executed by Comté, Buenos Aires, Argentina
painted iron, fabric shades
20½ in. (52 cm) high including shades
13¾ in. (34.9 cm) diameter of shades
Private Collection, Buenos Aires, acquired directly from Comté, circa 1940s
Thence by descent to the present owner
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
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.