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

Jean-Michel Frank

Pair of Floor Lamps

Auction Closed

June 7, 06:14 PM GMT

Estimate

35,000 - 50,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

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

Jean-Michel Frank

Pair of Floor Lamps


circa 1939

produced by Comté, Buenos Aires, Argentina

patinated iron, fabric shades

55¼ in. (140.3 cm) high each, excluding fittings

13⅞ in. (35.3 cm) diameter of each shade

Private Collection, New York, acquired directly from Comté, circa 1938
Thence by descent to the present owner
Mo Amelia Teitelbaum, The Stylemakers: Minimalism and Classic-Modernism, 1915-45, New York, 2010, p. 225 (for a period illustration of the model)

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