
Collection of Jean and Terry de Gunzburg: Design Masters
Carpet
Auction Closed
April 22, 07:10 PM GMT
Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Collection of Jean and Terry de Gunzburg: Design Masters
Ivan da Silva Bruhns
Carpet
circa 1929
produced by Manufacture de Savigny, France
hand-knotted wool
woven da Silva Bruhns with the manufacturer's monogram and marked MADE IN FRANCE on the reverse
138 ½ x 101 ¾ in. (351.8 x 258.4 x 1.6 cm)
DeLorenzo Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owners
Albert Lévy, ed., Répertoire du Goût Moderne, no. 2, Paris, 1929, pl. 34
Georges Rémon, "Tapis Modernes: Les Dernières Créations de da Silva Bruhns," Mobilier et Décoration, no. 3, March 1929, pp. 98 and 103 (for related examples)
Pierre Passebon, Jacques Grange, Paris, 2008, n.p. (for the present lot illustrated)
Sotheby’s would like to thank Elisabeth Poole Parker for her assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
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