Important Design
Important Design
Edouard-Marcel Sandoz
Condor
Auction Closed
December 8, 09:48 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Edouard-Marcel Sandoz
Condor
circa 1924
black marble
signed Ed.M. SANDOZ
16¼ x 24 x 8¼ in. (41.3 x 61 x 20.9 cm)
Edgar Brandt, Paris, 1929
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 1929-1972
Sotheby’s Parke-Bernet, The Cranbrook Collections, May 2, 1972, lot 130
Private Collection
Christie’s, New York, May 24, 1979, lot 300
Private Collection
Sotheby’s, New York, December 9, 2005, lot 340
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 1929-1972
Sotheby’s Parke-Bernet, The Cranbrook Collections, May 2, 1972, lot 130
Private Collection
Christie’s, New York, May 24, 1979, lot 300
Private Collection
Sotheby’s, New York, December 9, 2005, lot 340
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Georges Denonville, “Edouard Sandoz, sculpteur,” Mobilier et Décoration, April 1927, p. 121
Victor Arwas, Art Deco, London, 1980, p. 170, (for the model in bronze)
Paul Maenz, Art Deco 1920-1940, Cologne, 1980, fig. 74 (for the model in bronze)
Alastair Duncan, Art Deco, New York, 1988, p. 131
Alastair Duncan, ed., The Encyclopedia of Art Deco, New York, 1988, p. 156
Bevis Hillier, The World of Art Deco, New York, 1971, exh. cat., Minneapolis Institute of Art, July-September 1971, cat. no. 324 (for the present lot illustrated)
Victor Arwas, Art Deco, London, 1980, p. 170, (for the model in bronze)
Paul Maenz, Art Deco 1920-1940, Cologne, 1980, fig. 74 (for the model in bronze)
Alastair Duncan, Art Deco, New York, 1988, p. 131
Alastair Duncan, ed., The Encyclopedia of Art Deco, New York, 1988, p. 156
Bevis Hillier, The World of Art Deco, New York, 1971, exh. cat., Minneapolis Institute of Art, July-September 1971, cat. no. 324 (for the present lot illustrated)
Cranbrook Academy has confirmed that founder George G. Booth bought this condor directly from Edgar Brandt while traveling in Paris in 1929. This majestic sculpture was designed to be realized in different media, and examples are known in bronze, plaster and black marble. However, as Félix Marcilhac states in his catalogue raisonné, it appears that only one example of this model was ever created in granite.