Important Design

Important Design

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

Jean-Michel Frank

Pair of Armchairs

Auction Closed

December 10, 11:19 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

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

Jean-Michel Frank

Pair of Armchairs


circa 1938

executed by Comté, Buenos Aires, Argentina

patinated wrought iron, leather upholstery

35 1/4 x 24 x 28 in. (89.5 x 60.9 x 71.1 cm) each

Private Collection, Buenos Aires, acquired directly from Comté, circa 1940s
Thence by descent to the present owner
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, pp. 220-221
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 2006, p. 204
Jean-Michel Frank, exh. cat., Galerie Vallois, Paris, 2006, n.p.
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank: Un Décorateur dans le Paris des Années 30, Paris 2009, pp. 13 and 92
Laure Verchère, Jean-Michel Frank, New York, 2018, p. 188

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