Property from the Collection of Nelson Rockefeller: Eastern Traditions & Western Visions

Property from the Collection of Nelson Rockefeller: Eastern Traditions & Western Visions

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Jean-Michel Frank

Guéridon

Auction Closed

November 19, 04:46 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Jean-Michel Frank

1895 - 1941

Guéridon


from the Rockefeller 810 Fifth Avenue apartment

executed in 1939

executed by Chanaux & Company, Paris

gilt wood, marble

impressed JM FRANK, numbered 20361 and impressed CHANAUX & CO

26 3/4 in. (67.9 cm) high

17 3/8 in. (44 cm) diameter


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

Commissioned directly from the artist by Nelson Rockefeller, 1939
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, pp. 45 (for the model in situ in the Rockefeller 810 Fifth Avenue apartment) and 209
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, L'étrange Luxe du Rien, Paris, 2006, pp. 185 (for the model in situ) and 234
Laure Verchère, Jean-Michel Frank, New York, 2018, pp. 267-268 (for the model in situ)