Sale 1942
New York
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18 December 2007
Price realised
USD 22,500
Estimate
EDGAR BRANDT (1880-1960) A Silvered Wrought-Iron and Glass Ceiling Fixture, circa 1931 3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high, 21½ in. (54.6 cm.) square stamped E. BRANDT
Provenance
Christie's, New York, 9 December 1989, lot 500.
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cf. J. Kahr, Edgar Brandt Master of Art Deco Ironwork, New York, 1999, p. 219 for an example of this model.
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