Lot Essay
cf. L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1980, p. 185 for a stool of this model with a leather cover.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF HORST P. HORST
JEAN-MICHEL FRANK (1895-1941)
TWO OAK AND CLOTH STOOLS, 1930S
Details
JEAN-MICHEL FRANK (1895-1941)
Two Oak and Cloth Stools, 1930s
executed by Chanaux & Co.
16 5/8 in. (42.3 cm.) high; the other 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm.) high
stamped JM Frank, Chanaux & Co., 1(inverted 7)856; the other: stamped JM Frank, Chanaux & Co., 14441 (2)
Two Oak and Cloth Stools, 1930s
executed by Chanaux & Co.
16 5/8 in. (42.3 cm.) high; the other 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm.) high
stamped JM Frank, Chanaux & Co., 1(inverted 7)856; the other: stamped JM Frank, Chanaux & Co., 14441 (2)
Literature
V. Lawford, Horst His Work and His World, Harmondsworth, 1985, p. 314 for Horst's photograph of Greta Garbo sitting on one of the stools at Horst's house in Oyster Bay, 1949; p. 183 for one of the stools at Horst's Sutton Place South apartment, 1939.
Vogue's Book of Houses, Gardens, People, New York, 1968, pp. 86-87 for an in situ photograph at Horst's Oyster Bay house.
Vogue's Book of Houses, Gardens, People, New York, 1968, pp. 86-87 for an in situ photograph at Horst's Oyster Bay house.