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'Élégance', original plaster maquette for the bronze bas-relief 'L'amitié entre l'Amérique et la France', designed for La Maison Française in Rockefeller Center, 610 Fifth Avenue, New York, circa 1933-1934
Details
ALFRED AUGUSTE JANNIOT (1889-1969)
'Élégance', original plaster maquette for the bronze bas-relief 'L'amitié entre l'Amérique et la France', designed for La Maison Française in Rockefeller Center, 610 Fifth Avenue, New York, circa 1933-1934
plaster
99 5⁄8 x 46 ½ x 11 in. (253 x 118 x 28 cm)
'Élégance', original plaster maquette for the bronze bas-relief 'L'amitié entre l'Amérique et la France', designed for La Maison Française in Rockefeller Center, 610 Fifth Avenue, New York, circa 1933-1934
plaster
99 5⁄8 x 46 ½ x 11 in. (253 x 118 x 28 cm)
Provenance
Wallace K. Harrison, architect of Rockefeller Center, New York, circa 1933-1934
Harold and Hester Diamond, New York
Grey Art Gallery, New York University Art Collection, 1982
De-accessioned from the above and acquired by Maison Gérard, New York, 2007
Galerie Martin du Louvre, Paris, 2007
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2008
Harold and Hester Diamond, New York
Grey Art Gallery, New York University Art Collection, 1982
De-accessioned from the above and acquired by Maison Gérard, New York, 2007
Galerie Martin du Louvre, Paris, 2007
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2008
Literature
P. Lamure, "La Maison Française de New York," Plaisir de France, Paris, no. 24, September 1936, pp. 16-19 (for a discussion of the commission and a period photograph of the bronze cast bas-relief in Rockefeller Center)
A. Demeurisse, Alfred Auguste Janniot 1889-1969, Paris, 2003, pp. 60-61 (present lot illustrated)
M. Giraud and F. Fravalo, Alfred Janniot 1889-1969: Propos mythologiques et modernes, Paris, 2006, p. 117 (for the bronze cast bas-relief in Rockefeller Center)
A. Demeurisse, Alfred Auguste Janniot 1889-1969, Paris, 2003, pp. 60-61 (present lot illustrated)
M. Giraud and F. Fravalo, Alfred Janniot 1889-1969: Propos mythologiques et modernes, Paris, 2006, p. 117 (for the bronze cast bas-relief in Rockefeller Center)
Exhibited
Saint-Quentin, Musée des Beaux-Arts Antoine Lécuyer, Alfred Janniot (1889-1969). De l'atelier au monumental, April - September 2022, pp. 134, 137 (for the bronze cast bas-relief in Rockefeller Center), 136 (present lot illustrated)
Paris, Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, Art déco France-Amérique du Nord, l'émulation réciproque, October 2022 - March 2023, p. 130 (present lot illustrated)
Paris, Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, Art déco France-Amérique du Nord, l'émulation réciproque, October 2022 - March 2023, p. 130 (present lot illustrated)
Further Details
The plaster model 'Poésie', also a model for the bas-relief 'L'amitié entre l'Amérique et la France', can be found in the permanent collection of the Seattle Art Museum (inv. no. 2009.29).
Christie's would like to thank Anne Demeurisse for her assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
Christie's would like to thank Anne Demeurisse for her assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
Brought to you by
Alexander Heminway
International Head of Design