Lot Essay
cf. Exhibition catalogue, Jean Dunand - Jean Goulden, Galerie de Luxembourg, Paris, 1973, pp. 80 and 81 for comparable boxes.
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Jean Dunand and the Parisian milliner Madame Agnès shared a long-standing friendship as well as a professional relationship over the course of which Dunand decorated her salons and apartments and also painted her portrait several times. Dunand held her work in great esteem and, at the onset of his foray into fashion - when he first designed small accessories for his family - he also created delicate lacquered pieces and black and red pins for hats by Madame Agnès.
In time, Dunand accessories - powder compacts, pins and buckles in lacquered metal as well as boxes, vanity cases and mirrors - were being regularly purchased by Madame Agnès's important clientele, creating a new client base for Dunand. His first bracelets, made for Josephine Baker, were commissioned through Madame Agnès. He received commissions for portraits and screens from her clients, who admired his creations on view in her shop. Madame Agnès devised hats out of Dunand's lacquered fabrics, often crumpling them into fantastic shapes. Jean Dunand was highly attuned to the world of fashion and also included designers Madeleine Vionnet and Louise Boulanger among his clients and collaborators.
JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942)
A BOX WITH COVER, CIRCA 1925
Details
JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942)
A BOX WITH COVER, CIRCA 1925
lacquered metal, inlaid with eggshell
1½ in. (3.8 cm.) high, 4 in. (10 cm.) diameter
signed in lacquer Jean Dunand
A BOX WITH COVER, CIRCA 1925
lacquered metal, inlaid with eggshell
1½ in. (3.8 cm.) high, 4 in. (10 cm.) diameter
signed in lacquer Jean Dunand
Provenance
Christie's, New York, 26 May 1983, lot 433.
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