ID 1436504
Los 15 | FRENCH
Schätzwert
$ 50 000 – 70 000
Important Ceiling Light, supplied by Jean-Michel Frank, 1937
plaster, painted metal
16 x 30 ¼ x 31 in. (40.6 x 76.8 x 78.7 cm)
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Zellerbach, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, circa 1937, commissioned from Frances Elkins (Vestibule)
Norah and Norman Stone, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, 1994
Acquired from the above by the present owner, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, 2022
Literature
L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1980, p. 203
J. Chatfield-Taylor, “An Elkins Revival: Classic Lines and Contemporary Art in San Francisco,” Architectural Digest, New York, special issue, vol. 53, no. 2, February 1996, pp. 144-151 (for a discussion of the interior)
L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1997, p. 249
S. M. Salny, Frances Elkins: Interior Design, New York, 2005, pp. 112 (present lot illustrated), 108-123 (for a discussion of the commission)
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, l'étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, p. 254 (for a discussion of the commission)
P. E. Meza, Inventing the California Look, New York, 2022, pp. 226-229 (for a discussion of the commission)
S. Powell, Frances Elkins: Visionary American Designer, New York, 2023, pp. 174-179 (for a discussion of the commission)
Further details
In Situ Images: Photography by Flying Studio
| Künstler: | Jean-Michel Frank (1895 - 1941) |
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| Material: | Acrylglas, Gips, Kunststoff |
| Kunst Stil: | Art Deco |
| Herkunftsort: | Westeuropa, Frankreich, Europa |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Beleuchtung, Möbel und Lampen, Deckenleuchten |
| Künstler: | Jean-Michel Frank (1895 - 1941) |
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| Material: | Acrylglas, Gips, Kunststoff |
| Kunst Stil: | Art Deco |
| Herkunftsort: | Westeuropa, Frankreich, Europa |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Beleuchtung, Möbel und Lampen, Deckenleuchten |
| Adresse der Versteigerung |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Vereinigtes Königreich | |
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