CHARLES DE KAY (1848-1935), 'The Art Work of Louis C. Tiffany', limited edition, 1914 | Christie's
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CHARLES DE KAY (1848-1935)

'The Art Work of Louis C. Tiffany', limited edition, 1914

Price realised USD 22,680
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USD 20,000 – USD 30,000
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CHARLES DE KAY (1848-1935)

'The Art Work of Louis C. Tiffany', limited edition, 1914

Price realised USD 22,680
Price realised USD 22,680
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CHARLES DE KAY (1848-1935)
'The Art Work of Louis C. Tiffany', limited edition, 1914
published by Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1914
one of ten copies printed on parchment
with original cardboard box and leather case designed by Louis C. Tiffany with deluxe clasps
gilt bronze, vellum, cardboard
with box: 13 1⁄2 x 11 x 3 3⁄8 in. (34.3 x 28 x 8.6 cm)
book: 12 5⁄8 x 10 x 3 in. (32.1 x 25.4 x 7.6 cm)
Provenance
The Garden Museum Collection, Matsue, Japan, circa 1990
Allen Michaan, California, acquired from the above, 2012
Literature
H. F. McKean, The "Lost" Treasures of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 1980, p. 8
T. Horiuchi, ed., The World of Louis Comfort Tiffany: A Selection from the Anchorman Collection, Nagoya-shi, 1994, p. 6 (present lot illustrated)
R. Koch, Louis C. Tiffany: The Collected Works of Robert Koch, Atglen, 2001, p. 146
T. Horiuchi, A Selection of 300 Works from Louis C. Tiffany Garden Museum, Japan, 2001, p. 210 (present lot illustrated)
A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Suffolk, 2004, p. 571 (present lot illustrated)
A. Cooney Frelinghuysen, Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall: An Artist's Country Estate, New York, 2006, p. 106
Timeless Beauty: The Art of Louis Comfort Tiffany, Atglen, 2016, p. 180

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Lot Essay

The present lot is one of ten copies which were printed in 1914 on parchment for private distribution. An alternate edition of 492 copies were printed on Japan paper. Another example of this limited edition is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. no. 2011.431a-c).

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