Jean Dunand & Jean Goulden

écran de cheminée en laque polychrome

Madame Jean Goulden, resté dans la famille par descendance

Bernard Goulden, Jean Goulden, éd. du Regard, Paris, 1989, reproduit p. 88 et p. 113 pour la planche
Félix Marcilhac, Jean Dunand, vie et oeuvre, éd. de l'Amateur, Paris, 1991, reproduit p. 184, décrit p. 264, n. 570

Les couleurs sont fidèles sur l'illustration du catalogue. Bon état général. Quelques rares coulure sur les parties noires du fond et quelques rare marques aux parties grises, vraisemblablement dues à l'oxydation de la laque à ces endroits. Petit dépôt gris sur l'arête inférieure gauche, visible au catalogue ; quelques rares et infimes coups et légère usure à la structure supportant le panneau qui s'emboîte dans le piétement. Une pièce remarquable et unique faisant partie du corpus extrêmement limités des oeuvres en collaboration entre les deux artistes et restée dans la famille Goulden depuis 1921. Colour matching to catalogue is good. Good overall condition. A few streaks on the black areas in the background and a few marks in the grey areas, probably due to oxydizing of the laquer. A silvery grey deposit on the lower edge on the left, visible on catalogue illustration. Some very minor dents and wear to the frame and supporting structure. Please note that the black frame lifts out from the structure very easily. An extraordinary rich and luxurious unique piece, one of the few collaborative works between Dunand and Goulden, that has been in the Goulden family since 1921.
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Un grand panneau en laque et stuc modelé (250 x 140 cm) laqué par Jean Dunand d'après un carton de Jean Goulden à décor identique, tiré de la planche La skite de Panteleimon de l'ouvrage Salonique, la Macédoine, l'Athos a figuré à l'exposition de la galerie George Petit en 1921 sous le n. 6.
Notre écran de cheminée fait partie des six meubles conçus par Jean Goulden et laqués par Dunand entre 1921 et 1930. Plusieurs étaient destinés à son usage personnel ou offerts à son épouse. 

The design for this fire screen is from Jean Goulden’s painting which was reproduced as ‘La skite de Panteleimon’ in Salonique, la Macédoine, l’Athos, with engravings by F.L. Schmied after Goulden’s works in oil .  Dunand and Goulden had used the same design for a large lacquered and moulded stucco panel (250 x 140 cm) which was exhibited at the Galerie George Petit in 1921, n. 6 (Marcilhac, op. cit. p. 232, n. 289).
The present fire screen is one of only six documented pieces of furniture on which Goulden and Dunand collaborated between 1921 and 1930, the majority of which were for the artist’s personal use or were offered to his wife.