Property of An Important Swiss Private Collection

Jean Dunand

Flamants roses et nénuphars and Poissons et nénuphars double-sided seven-sheets screen

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May 20, 06:11 PM GMT

Estimate

120,000 - 150,000 EUR

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Description

JEAN DUNAND


Flamants roses et nénuphars and Poissons et nénuphars double-sided seven-sheets screen


Circa 1929

Engraved, lacquered and painted wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, gold leaf and gold powder

Signed JEAN DUNAND on a sheet

Height : 200 cm ; 78 ¾ in. ; Sheet width : 40 cm ; 15 ¾ in.

Overall lenght : 280 cm ; 110 ¼ in.

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Madame Yacoubovich collection, commissioned directly from the artist, 1929

Mes Ader-Tajan-Picard, Monte-Carlo, 15-16 April, 1978, lot 228

Jean-Jacques Baumé collection, Paris

Christie's, New York, 4 October 1980, lot 338

Steven A. Greenberg collection, New York

Christie's, New York, The Steven A. Greenberg Collection, 12-13 December 2012, lot 108

Private collection, (...)

Christie's, New York, 11 December 2020, lot 23

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Private collection, Switzerland

P. Bayer, "Jean Dunand: Premier Craftsman of the Art Deco Style", Art & Antiques, vol. 5, issue 3, May - June 1982, p. 63

John Woodbury Adams, Decorative Folding Screens, New York, 1982, p. 162-163

Jean Dunand, exhibition catalogue, DeLorenzo Gallery, New York, 9 May - 8 June 1985, p. 12-13

Félix Marcilhac, Jean Dunand : His Life and Works, New York, 1991, the model referenced under n° 1171-1172, p. 324-325

Amélie Marcilhac, Félix Marcilhac, Jean Dunand, Paris, 2020, the model referenced under n°135, p. 208

Delorenzo Gallery, New York, 9 May - 8 June 1985

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