Details
TIFFANY STUDIOS
Important and Rare 'Butterfly' Table Lamp, circa 1900
with a 'Pepper' base
leaded and cypriote Favrile glass, patinated bronze
23 3/4 in. (60.4 cm.) high, 20 1/2 in. (52 cm.) diameter of shade
base impressed TIFFANY STVDIOS NEW YORK 25918 with the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company monogram
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 23 March 1996, lot 460.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
Dr. E. Neustadt, The Lamps of Tiffany, New York, 1970, pp. 87, no. 123 (base); 169, no. 234 (shade).
R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany’s Glass, Bronzes, Lamps: A Collector’s Guide, New York, 1971, p. 111, no. 162 (for a period photograph of the metal showroom at Tiffany Studios, circa 1913).
A. Duncan, Tiffany At Auction, New York, 1981, pp. 89, no. 239 (base); 268, no. 822 (base).
W. Feldstein, Jr. and A. Duncan The Lamps of Tiffany Studios, New York, 1983, pp. 128-129 (shade).
H. McKean, “Mr. Tiffany’s Lamps,” Franco Maria Ricci, no. 29, London, 1987, p. 79 (shade).
Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany exh. cat., Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokyo, 1991, p. 56, no. 11 (shade).
A. Duncan, Louis Comfort Tiffany New York, 1992, pp. 100-101 (shade).
A. Duncan, M. Eidelberg, and N. Harris, Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany New York, 1993, pp. 112-113, no. 48 (shade).
R. Joppien, Louis C. Tiffany: Meisterwerke des amerikanischen Jugendstils, exh. cat., Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Cologne, 1999, p. 222 (shade).
M. May, Great Art Glass Lamps: Tiffany, Duffner & Kimberley, Pairpoint, and Handel, Atglen, 2003, p. 29 (base).
M. Eidelberg, A. Cooney Frelinghuysen, N. A. McClelland, and L. Rachen, The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany New York, 2005, pp. 201-202 (shade).
M. Eidelberg, N. Gray and M. K. Hofer, A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls, London, 2007, p. 44 (shade).
A. Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Suffolk, 2019, pp. 26 (shade); 54, no. 174 (base); 148, no. 606 (base).
Exhibited
San Francisco, California, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, Artistic Luxury: Faberge, Tiffany, Lalique, February - May 2009.
Special notice
Please note this lot will be moved to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS in Red Hook, Brooklyn) at 5pm on the last day of the sale. Lots may not be collected during the day of their move to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services. Please consult the Lot Collection Notice for collection information. This sheet is available from the Bidder Registration staff, Purchaser Payments or the Packing Desk and will be sent with your invoice.
Details
TIFFANY STUDIOS
Important and Rare 'Butterfly' Table Lamp, circa 1900
with a 'Pepper' base
leaded and cypriote Favrile glass, patinated bronze
23 3/4 in. (60.4 cm.) high, 20 1/2 in. (52 cm.) diameter of shade
base impressed TIFFANY STVDIOS NEW YORK 25918 with the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company monogram
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 23 March 1996, lot 460.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
Dr. E. Neustadt, The Lamps of Tiffany, New York, 1970, pp. 87, no. 123 (base); 169, no. 234 (shade).
R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany’s Glass, Bronzes, Lamps: A Collector’s Guide, New York, 1971, p. 111, no. 162 (for a period photograph of the metal showroom at Tiffany Studios, circa 1913).
A. Duncan, Tiffany At Auction, New York, 1981, pp. 89, no. 239 (base); 268, no. 822 (base).
W. Feldstein, Jr. and A. Duncan The Lamps of Tiffany Studios, New York, 1983, pp. 128-129 (shade).
H. McKean, “Mr. Tiffany’s Lamps,” Franco Maria Ricci, no. 29, London, 1987, p. 79 (shade).
Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany exh. cat., Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokyo, 1991, p. 56, no. 11 (shade).
A. Duncan, Louis Comfort Tiffany New York, 1992, pp. 100-101 (shade).
A. Duncan, M. Eidelberg, and N. Harris, Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany New York, 1993, pp. 112-113, no. 48 (shade).
R. Joppien, Louis C. Tiffany: Meisterwerke des amerikanischen Jugendstils, exh. cat., Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Cologne, 1999, p. 222 (shade).
M. May, Great Art Glass Lamps: Tiffany, Duffner & Kimberley, Pairpoint, and Handel, Atglen, 2003, p. 29 (base).
M. Eidelberg, A. Cooney Frelinghuysen, N. A. McClelland, and L. Rachen, The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany New York, 2005, pp. 201-202 (shade).
M. Eidelberg, N. Gray and M. K. Hofer, A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls, London, 2007, p. 44 (shade).
A. Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Suffolk, 2019, pp. 26 (shade); 54, no. 174 (base); 148, no. 606 (base).
Exhibited
San Francisco, California, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, Artistic Luxury: Faberge, Tiffany, Lalique, February - May 2009.
Special notice
Please note this lot will be moved to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS in Red Hook, Brooklyn) at 5pm on the last day of the sale. Lots may not be collected during the day of their move to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services. Please consult the Lot Collection Notice for collection information. This sheet is available from the Bidder Registration staff, Purchaser Payments or the Packing Desk and will be sent with your invoice.
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