Important Design
Important Design
Property of a Distinguished Family Collection, New York and Palm Beach
Jean-Michel Frank
Pair of Guéridons
Auction Closed
December 8, 09:48 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 Guéridons
circa 1940
executed by Comté, Buenos Aires, Argentina
gilt iron
27⅝ in. (70 cm) high each
16½ in. (41.9 cm) diameter 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
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, pp. 69, 146, 167 and 208
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, l'étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, pp. 68, 131, 149, 162 and 216
James Buresh, Jean-Michel Frank in Argentina, New York, 2010, p. 77 (for the model in blackened iron)
Mo Amelia Teitelbaum, The Stylemakers: Minimalism and Classic-Modernism, 1915-45, New York, 2010, p. 206
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, l'étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, pp. 68, 131, 149, 162 and 216
James Buresh, Jean-Michel Frank in Argentina, New York, 2010, p. 77 (for the model in blackened iron)
Mo Amelia Teitelbaum, The Stylemakers: Minimalism and Classic-Modernism, 1915-45, New York, 2010, p. 206
This lot is offered together with a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Jean-Michel Frank.