Jean Dunand

Anthony Delorenzo, Jean Dunand, New York, 1985, pp. 15, 18 and 21 (for screens displaying similar fish motifs)
Félix Marcilhac, Jean Dunand: His Life and Works, London, 1991, p. 95 (for a period photograph showing a similar six-panel screen in Dunand's New York exhibition at Lord & Taylor in 1928) and p. 202 (for a similar model)

Overall in very good condition. Please note the measurements of this screen, as is it an elegant small format work. Hinges are in very good condition and move with ease. The decorative front panels in very good condition with minor shallow scratches and nicks to the lacquer at the edges consistent with age and use. With some minor white striations to the top register of the screen in the central panels, which appears as the result of prior cleaning residue. The decoration of the fish in very good condition. The reverse of the screen is not decorated and with minor surface scratches.
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