A FIVE-PANEL LACQUERED SCREEN

LOUIS MIDAVAINE, CIRCA 1930

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A FIVE-PANEL LACQUERED SCREEN
Louis Midavaine, circa 1930
with a scene of polar bears and the aurora borealis on one side, the other with a scene of jaguars and foliage
each panel 41¾in. (106cm.) high, 15¾in. (40cm.) wide, maximum extended width 79¾in. (202.5cm.)
signed LOUIS MIDAVAINE

Provenance

Galerie L'Arc en Seine, Paris

Lot Essay

Two variants of this screen are known to exist. One was shown at the Museum Bellerive in Zurich in an exhibition entitled European Lacquer Art from the 18th to the 20th Centuries from September 3 to November 7, 1976, another is still in the Midavaine family.

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