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Collection of Jean and Terry de Gunzburg: Design Masters

Jean Dunand

A Rare Pair of Armchairs

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April 22, 07:10 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 USD

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Collection of Jean and Terry de Gunzburg: Design Masters

Jean Dunand

A Rare Pair of Armchairs


circa 1927

one armchair with inset brass ashtray

lacquered wood, leather upholstery

each impressed JEAN/DUNAND/LAQUEUR

larger: 30 x 22 ¼ x 22 ⅜ in. (76.2 x 56.5 x 56.8 cm)

smaller: 25 ¾ x 23 ⅛ x 22 ⅜ in. (65.4 x 58.7 x 56.8 cm)

DeLorenzo Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owners, 2000

Paul Follot, Intérieurs Français au Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris, 1927, pl. 26

"Au Salon des Artistes Décorateurs," La Renaissance de l'art français et des industries de luxe, July 1927, p. 349

Paul T. Frankl, New Dimensions: The Decorative Arts of Today in Words and Pictures, New York, 1928, p. 116, no. 55

Jean Dunand, exh. cat., The DeLorenzo Gallery, New York, 1985, p. 46

Félix Marcilhac, Jean Dunand: His Life and Works, London, 1991, pp. 95 (for both armchairs) and 252, no. 476

Pierre Passebon, Jacques Grange, Paris, 2008, n.p. (for the present armchairs)

Félix and Amélie Marcilhac, Jean Dunand, Paris, 2020, pp. 107, 109 and 300, nos. 1-3