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Auction archive: Lot number 13

Jean-Michel Frank

Estimate
£30,000 - £40,000
ca. US$42,942 - US$57,256
Price realised:
£100,900
ca. US$144,428
Auction archive: Lot number 13

Jean-Michel Frank

Estimate
£30,000 - £40,000
ca. US$42,942 - US$57,256
Price realised:
£100,900
ca. US$144,428
Beschreibung:

Property of a Gentleman Jean-Michel-Frank Table lamp circa 1927 Glass, bronze, paper shade. 43.5 cm (17 1/8 in.) high including shade Underside of base impressed MADE IN FRANCE. Together with a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Jean-Michel-Frank.
Provenance Private collection, Switzerland Galerie L’Arc en Seine, Paris, 2007 Literature 'Une décoration française à San Francisco. Chez M. Templeton Crocker', Art et Industrie, Paris, May 1929, p. 15 Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel-Frank, 1997, p. 245 Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel-Frank: I’éstrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, pp. 130, 277 Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel-Frank: un décorateur dans le Paris des années 30, Paris, 2009, p. 84 Artist Bio Jean-Michel-Frank French • 1895 - 1941 Working in Paris, New York and Argentina, Jean-Michel-Frank designed subtle, exquisitely proportioned furniture and lighting for sophisticated interiors. His elite roster of patrons included the vicomte Charles de Noailles, the businessman and politician Nelson A. Rockefeller, the couturier Elsa Schiaparelli and the perfumer Guerlain, among many others. Against the backdrop of the interwar period, Frank designed calm, subdued interiors that offered refuge from the chaotic world. His furniture, which was often clad in vellum, bleached leather or shagreen, featured clean lines and served to complement the art collections of his clients, which included works by Picasso, Léger and Matisse. View More Works

Auction archive: Lot number 13
Auction:
Datum:
27 Apr 2016
Auction house:
Phillips
London
Beschreibung:

Property of a Gentleman Jean-Michel-Frank Table lamp circa 1927 Glass, bronze, paper shade. 43.5 cm (17 1/8 in.) high including shade Underside of base impressed MADE IN FRANCE. Together with a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Jean-Michel-Frank.
Provenance Private collection, Switzerland Galerie L’Arc en Seine, Paris, 2007 Literature 'Une décoration française à San Francisco. Chez M. Templeton Crocker', Art et Industrie, Paris, May 1929, p. 15 Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel-Frank, 1997, p. 245 Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel-Frank: I’éstrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, pp. 130, 277 Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel-Frank: un décorateur dans le Paris des années 30, Paris, 2009, p. 84 Artist Bio Jean-Michel-Frank French • 1895 - 1941 Working in Paris, New York and Argentina, Jean-Michel-Frank designed subtle, exquisitely proportioned furniture and lighting for sophisticated interiors. His elite roster of patrons included the vicomte Charles de Noailles, the businessman and politician Nelson A. Rockefeller, the couturier Elsa Schiaparelli and the perfumer Guerlain, among many others. Against the backdrop of the interwar period, Frank designed calm, subdued interiors that offered refuge from the chaotic world. His furniture, which was often clad in vellum, bleached leather or shagreen, featured clean lines and served to complement the art collections of his clients, which included works by Picasso, Léger and Matisse. View More Works

Auction archive: Lot number 13
Auction:
Datum:
27 Apr 2016
Auction house:
Phillips
London
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