Four-Panel Screen, circa 1927

Details

JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942)
Four-Panel Screen, circa 1927
lacquered wood
each panel : 68 3⁄4 x 19 1⁄2 in. (174,5 x 49,5 cm)
signed JEAN DUNAND

Provenance

DeLorenzo Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York
Félix Marcilhac, Paris
Alice Lawrence, New York
The Modern Age : The Collection of Alice Lawrence, Christie's, New York, 5 November 2008, lot 55
Private Collection
Christie's, Private Sale
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Y. Brunhammer, Le Style 1925, Paris, n.d., p. 93
Jean Dunand - Jean Goulden, exh. cat, Galerie du Luxembourg, Paris, 1973, p. 90, cat. ill. 107
F. Marcilhac, Jean Dunand: Vie et Œuvre, Paris, 1991, pp. 63 and 212, no. 93
A. Marcilhac, F. Marcilhac, Jean Dunand, Paris, 2020, p. 203, no. 93

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie du Luxembourg, Jean Dunand - Jean Goulden, July 1973

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Lot Essay

'One of the most beautiful qualities of lacquer is the depth of its material; the gaze, not stopping on the polished aspect of the surface, penetrates within the thickness of the superimposed layers where plays, by transparency, the light without ever being reflected truly'.

– Félix Marcilhac, Jean Dunand: Vie et Œuvre, Paris, 1991, p. 175

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