Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne

Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne

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Property from a Private American Collection

Edgar Brandt

"Danseur" Firescreen

Auction Closed

May 25, 06:32 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private American Collection

Edgar Brandt

"Danseur" Firescreen


circa 1929

wrought iron

impressed MADE IN FRANCE/EBRANDT

38 5/8 x 29 1/4 x 12 1/4 in. (98.1 x 74.3 x 31.1 cm)

Acquired by George G. Booth directly from the artist, 1929
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1929-1972
Sotheby's Parke Bernet, The Cranbrook Collections, May 2, 1972, lot 117
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Guillaume Janneau, Études d'Art Décoratif Contemporain: Le Fer à l'Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs Modernes, Paris, 1925, pl. 14
H. Clouzot, La Ferronnerie Moderne, Paris, ca. 1925, pl. 5
Ferrobrandt, Inc., New York, design plate, ca. 1925, no. 2249
Henri Martinie, Exposition des Arts Décoratifs Paris 1925:  La Ferronnerie, Paris, ca. 1925, pl. 40
Yvonne Brunhammer, Le Style 1925, Paris, 1975, p. 73
Arts and Crafts in Detroit 1906-1976: The Movement, The Society, The School, exh. cat., The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 1976, p. 135 (for the present lot illustrated)
Yvonne Brunhammer, Art Deco Style, New York, 1984, p. 63
Joan Kahr, Edgar Brandt: Master of Art Deco Ironwork, New York, 1999, p. 142
Joan Kahr, Edgar Brandt: Art Deco Ironwork, Atglen, PA, 2010, p. 122