Modern Masters: Chefs-d’œuvre d’une Collection Privée

Modern Masters: Chefs-d’œuvre d’une Collection Privée

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JEAN DUNAND AND EVELYN WYLD | RUG

Auction Closed

December 12, 12:31 AM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

JEAN DUNAND AND EVELYN WYLD

1877 - 1942 1882 - 1973

RUG


Circa 1927

Wool

73⅛ x 75⅜ in.; 185.9 x 191.5 cm

Collection of the Dunand Family

Thence by descent to Suzy Dunand, Paris

Collection of Félix Marcilhac, Paris

Sotheby’s Paris and Artcurial, Félix Marcilhac Collection Privée, March 14, 2014, lot 250

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

Bulletin de l'Art Francais et Japonais, September 1927, p. 259 (for the present lot illustrated)

Howell S. Cresswell, "Oriental Lacquer on Modern Furniture," Good Furniture Magazine, London, June 1928, p. 293 (for the present lot illustrated)

Paul T. Frankl, New Dimensions, New York, 1928, no. 55 (for the present lot illustrated)

Martin Battersby, The Decorative Twenties, New York, 1969, p. 39 (for the present lot illustrated)

Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Félix Marcilhac: Passion Art Déco, Paris, 2014, p. 191 (for the present lot illustrated)

This lot is offered together with a period photograph of the Jean Dunand exhibition at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris, 1927.