Sale 1942
New York
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18 December 2007
Price realised
USD 193,000
Estimate
JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942) A Lacquer and Coquille-d'Oeuf Panel, circa 1924-26 70½ in. (179 cm.) high, 28¾ in. (73 cm.) wide, 1 in. (2.4 cm.) deep signed in lacquer JEAN DUNAND
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cf. F. Marcilhac, Jean Dunand: His Life and Works, London, 1991, p. 226, fig. 230 for an illustration of a similar panel.
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