A Celebration of Art Deco: Masterworks from the Collection of Dr. Stephen E. Kelly Evening Sale

A Celebration of Art Deco: Masterworks from the Collection of Dr. Stephen E. Kelly Evening Sale

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Jan and Joël Martel

La Trinité

Auction Closed

December 9, 11:37 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Jan and Joël Martel

La Trinité

conceived 1930, cast 2001

number 8 from an edition of 8

together with an ebonized wood pedestal


executed by Fonderia Venturi, Bologna

patinated bronze

impressed J. MARTEL, numbered 8/8 and with the foundry's impressed marks

41 1/2 x 13 x 6 7/8 in. (105.4 x 33 x 17.2 cm)

Geoffrey Beene, New York
Sotheby's New York, The Collection of Geoffrey Beene, September 23, 2005, lot 16
Anny Lévy-Gutmann, "Joel et Jan Martel: Sculpteurs d'Aujourd'hui," Art et Décoration, March 1934, pp. 84-85
Jan et Jöel Martel: Sculpteurs 1896-1966, Paris, 1996, pp. 98, 154-155 and 180 (for a related model)