JEAN-MICHEL FRANK | PAIR OF LOW TABLES

Auction Closed

July 30, 06:21 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of a Distinguished Family Collection, New York and Palm Beach

JEAN-MICHEL FRANK

PAIR OF LOW TABLES

circa 1938

executed by Comté, Buenos Aires, Argentina

patinated iron, parchment-covered oak

19 x 29¼ x 13 in. (48.2 x 74.2 x 33 cm) each

Please note that the image for this lot is incorrectly marked Lot 70 in the printed catalogue. This has been corrected in the online catalogues.

Private Collection, New York, acquired directly from Comté, circa 1938

Thence by descent to the present owner

Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank: Un Décorateur dans le Paris des Années 30, Paris 2009, p. 90 (for a variant of the model)

James Buresh, Jean-Michel Frank in Argentina, New York, 2010, pp. 54-56 and 62-63 (for variants of the model)

Laure Verchère, Jean-Michel Frank, New York, 2018, pp. 19 and 138-139

This lot is offered together with a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Jean-Michel Frank.