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PROPERTY FROM THE STEVEN A. GREENBERG COLLECTION: MASTERPIECES OF ART DECO
JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942)
A PAIR OF SEVEN-PANEL SCREENS, 1929
Details
JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942)
A PAIR OF SEVEN-PANEL SCREENS, 1929
each with one side depicting a panorama of flamingos wading in a pond, the reverse with an underwater view of the pond with swimming fish, lacquered wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, one side with gold leaf ground
each panel 78¾ in. (200 cm.) high, 16 1/8 in. (41 cm.) wide, 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) deep
each screen incised Jean Dunand (2)
A PAIR OF SEVEN-PANEL SCREENS, 1929
each with one side depicting a panorama of flamingos wading in a pond, the reverse with an underwater view of the pond with swimming fish, lacquered wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, one side with gold leaf ground
each panel 78¾ in. (200 cm.) high, 16 1/8 in. (41 cm.) wide, 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) deep
each screen incised Jean Dunand (2)
Provenance
Commissioned by Mme. Yacoubovich, close friend of Leonard Rosenthal, the noted natural pearl retailer, circa 1929;
Jean-Jacques Baumé, Paris;
Christie's, New York, 4 October 1980, lot 338.
Jean-Jacques Baumé, Paris;
Christie's, New York, 4 October 1980, lot 338.
Literature
L'Illustration, 27 May 1933, p. 114;
P. Bayer, 'Jean Dunand: Premier Craftsman of the Art Deco Style,' Art & Antiques, vol. 5, issue 3, May - June 1982, p. 63;
J. Woodbury Adams, Decorative Folding Screens, New York, 1982, pp. 1962-1963;
Exhibition catalogue, Jean Dunand, DeLorenzo Gallery, New York, 1985, pp. 12-13;
F. Marcilhac, Jean Dunand: His Life and Works, New York, 1991, pp. 324-325, cat. nos. 1168,1170, and 1171-1172.
P. Bayer, 'Jean Dunand: Premier Craftsman of the Art Deco Style,' Art & Antiques, vol. 5, issue 3, May - June 1982, p. 63;
J. Woodbury Adams, Decorative Folding Screens, New York, 1982, pp. 1962-1963;
Exhibition catalogue, Jean Dunand, DeLorenzo Gallery, New York, 1985, pp. 12-13;
F. Marcilhac, Jean Dunand: His Life and Works, New York, 1991, pp. 324-325, cat. nos. 1168,1170, and 1171-1172.
Exhibited
New York, DeLorenzo Gallery, Jean Dunand, May - June 1985.
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