A SET OF LIBRARY STEPS, CIRCA 1930

Details

JEAN-MICHEL FRANK (1895-1941)
A SET OF LIBRARY STEPS, CIRCA 1930
oak
78 ½ in. (199.3 cm.) high, 25 in. (63.5 cm.) wide, 39 ¼ in. (99.7 cm.) deep

Provenance

Jean-Michel Frank, 7 rue de Verneuil, Paris;
Anne-Sophie Duval, Paris;
François Catroux, Paris;
Sotheby's New York, By Design, 17 and 18 May 2002, lot 100.
Dodie Rosekrans, San Francisco;
Sotheby's New York, 8 December 2011, lot 209;
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Only two examples of this library steps model are currently known. The current
set originally belonged to Jean-Michel Frank. The other example was made for
Mr. and Mme. François Spitzer, family relations of the designer.

This lot will be sold with a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Jean-
Michel Frank.

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