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Property from an Important Private Collection

Edgar Brandt

A Rare "Le Nid" Firescreen

Estimate

120,000 - 180,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important Private Collection

Edgar Brandt

A Rare "Le Nid" Firescreen


circa 1925

patinated wrought-iron

40 ⅝ x 28 ½ x 10 in. (103.2 x 72.4 x 25.4 cm)

Private Collection, New York, circa 1930

Thence by descent

Sothebys New York, May 24, 2018, lot 432

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Henri Clouzot, La Ferronnerie Moderne, Paris, 1925, p. 5, no. 2 (for a related example)

Joan Kahr, Edgar Brandt: Master of Art Deco Ironwork, New York, 1999, p. 142

Joan Kahr, Edgar Brandt: Art Deco Iron Work, New York, 2010, p. 124

Sotheby's would like to thank Joan Kahr for her assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.