Lot Essay
The present box belonged to Mallet-Stevens. It is the prototype for the nickeled-metal version later edited by D.I.M.
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PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER PRIVATE COLLECTION
ROBERT MALLET-STEVENS (1886-1945)
A LACQUERED WOOD MULTI-COMPARTMENT BOX, CIRCA 1929
Details
ROBERT MALLET-STEVENS (1886-1945)
A Lacquered Wood Multi-Compartment Box, circa 1929
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high, 8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) wide, 7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) deep
A Lacquered Wood Multi-Compartment Box, circa 1929
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high, 8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) wide, 7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) deep
Provenance
Robert Mallet-Stevens.
Michel Souillac.
Michel Souillac.
Literature
M.-O. Briot et al., exhibition catalogue, Leger and the Modern Spirit, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Paris, 1982, p. 469, no. 225.
Exhibited
Paris, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, Leger et l'esprit modèrne, March-June 1982; Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, July-September 1982; Geneva, Musée Rath, November 1982-January 1983.