Lot 81
81
'LAC LEMAN', A TWO-PANEL LACQUER SCREEN
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
'LAC LEMAN', A TWO-PANEL LACQUER SCREEN

JEAN DUNAND, CIRCA 1927

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'LAC LEMAN', A TWO-PANEL LACQUER SCREEN
JEAN DUNAND, CIRCA 1927
after the cartoon design by Ernest Biéler, carved autumnal foliage in relief, eggshell lacquer detailing in right hand panel of the lake shore, reverse in plain black lacquer
77½in. (197cm.) high, 32in. (81.3cm.) width each panel
lacquer mark JEAN DUNAND

Lot Essay

cf. Mobilier et Décoration, February, 1927, p. 39, this exact two-panel model illustrated, probably the present example.
See also: Félix Marcilhac. Jean Dunand: His Life and Works, 1991, p. 202, Cat. No. 14, the three-panel version from 1923 illustrated.

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