Lot Essay
cf. Felix Marcilhac, Jean Dunand, His Life and Works, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1991, p. 320, fig. 1122, which illustrates a desk of the same design executed for Madame Agnes (Rittener)
Details
A LACQUERED WOOD DESK
BY JEAN DUNAND, CIRCA 1925
With a rectangular top featuring a geometric design in white eggshell lacquer, on a double pedestal base of burnt orange lacquer, each pedestal with two drawers above a cabinet, signed in the lacquer JEAN DUNAND--29in. (73.7cm.) high, 45in. (114.3cm.) wide, 25½in. (64.8cm.) deep
BY JEAN DUNAND, CIRCA 1925
With a rectangular top featuring a geometric design in white eggshell lacquer, on a double pedestal base of burnt orange lacquer, each pedestal with two drawers above a cabinet, signed in the lacquer JEAN DUNAND--29in. (73.7cm.) high, 45in. (114.3cm.) wide, 25½in. (64.8cm.) deep
Provenance
The Collection of Andy Warhol
Sotheby's New York, Art Nouveau and Art Deco from the Andy Warhol Collection, April 23, 1988, lot 324
Sotheby's New York, Art Nouveau and Art Deco from the Andy Warhol Collection, April 23, 1988, lot 324