Property of a Distinguished Private Collector
Christian Bérard
Carpet
This lot has been withdrawn
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Distinguished Private Collector
Christian Bérard
Carpet
1939
executed by Aubusson, France in 1939 for the Rockefeller 810 Fifth Avenue apartment
hand-woven wool
120 x 115 in. (304.8 x 292.1 cm)
Please note, this lot has been withdrawn.
Commissioned directly from the artist by Jean-Michel Frank for Nelson Rockefeller, 1939
Nelson and Happy Rockefeller, New York
Sotheby's New York, A Modernist Vision: Property from the Collection of Nelson and Happy Rockefeller, November 13, 2018, lot 10
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Nelson and Happy Rockefeller, New York
Sotheby's New York, A Modernist Vision: Property from the Collection of Nelson and Happy Rockefeller, November 13, 2018, lot 10
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Van Day Truex, "Jean-Michel-Frank Remembered," Architectural Digest, September-October 1976, p. 74
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1980, pp. 162, 197 (for a related example)
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, pp. 168, 237 (for a related example)
John Loring, "Nelson Rockefeller's Fifth Avenue Apartment: Recalling the Residence of the Notable Politician and Philanthropist," Architectural Digest, April 2001, pp. 102, 106
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank: The Strange and Subtle Luxury of the Parisian Haute-Monde in the Art Deco Period, Paris, 2006, p. 190 (for a related example)
Jean-Michel Frank: Un Décorateur dans les Paris des Années 30, exh. cat., Fondation Pierre Bergé Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, 2009, p. 67
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1980, pp. 162, 197 (for a related example)
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, pp. 168, 237 (for a related example)
John Loring, "Nelson Rockefeller's Fifth Avenue Apartment: Recalling the Residence of the Notable Politician and Philanthropist," Architectural Digest, April 2001, pp. 102, 106
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank: The Strange and Subtle Luxury of the Parisian Haute-Monde in the Art Deco Period, Paris, 2006, p. 190 (for a related example)
Jean-Michel Frank: Un Décorateur dans les Paris des Années 30, exh. cat., Fondation Pierre Bergé Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, 2009, p. 67
