JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942)
JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942)
JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942)
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JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942)

'Clair de Lune' Four-Panel Screen, circa 1925

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JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942)
'Clair de Lune' Four-Panel Screen, circa 1925
lacquered wood, laque arrachée, mother-of-pearl inlay
each panel: 67 in. (170 cm.) high, 18 ¾ in. (47.5 cm.) wide, 1 in. (2.5 cm.) deep
signed JEAN DUNAND LAQUEUR
Provenance
Sotheby's Zurich, Decorative Art 1880-1930, 6 May 1975, lot 140
Private European Collection
Christie's New York, Important 20th Century Decorative Arts, 13 December 1996, lot 231
Private American Collection
Sotheby's New York, Important 20th Century Works of Art, 5 December 1998, lot 582
Private European Collection
Christie's New York, Design, 14 December 2017, lot 46
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
J. Baschet 'Les Dinanderies et Laques de Jean Dunand,' L'Illustration, 15 October 1927, p. 15 for a variant of the model
J. Woodbury Adams, Decorative Folding Screens, New York, 1982, p. 166 for a variant of the model
F. Marcilhac, Jean Dunand, His Life and Works, London, 1991, p. 203, no. 25 for another example of this model, no. 24 for a variant of the model
Special Notice
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