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ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)

Lot 10
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Lot 10 | ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
ÉMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN (1879-1933)
'Grande Cannelée à Redents' Commode, designed circa 1923
Macassar ebony-veneered oak, silvered bronze
42 3/8 x 75 x 23 ¾ in. (107.5 x 190.5 x 60.3 cm)
branded Ruhlmann and with Atelier B mark




Provenance

Lillian Nassau, New York
Private Collection
Sotheby's, New York, 23 March 1996, lot 360
Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

A. Morancé ed., Les Arts de la Maison, Paris, 1923, p. 50 (for a drawing), pl. XVII (for a period photograph)
"Le Arti a Monza nel 1925," Emporium, Bergamo, no. 369, September 1925, p. 146 (for a period photograph)
F. Camard, Ruhlmann, Paris, 1983, pp. 80 (for a period photograph of the model in the Pavillon de Marsan, Salon des artistes décorateurs, Paris, 1923), 276-277 (for a period photograph of a related example)
F. Camard, Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco, London, 1984, pp. 80 (for a period photograph of the model in the Pavillon de Marsan, Salon des artistes décorateurs, Paris, 1923), 276-127 (for a period photograph of a related example)
E. Bréon, Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann, the designer's archives: furniture, Paris, 2004, p. 91 (for a sketch of a related model)
Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2004, p. 183 (for a related example)
F. Camard, Jacques Émile Ruhlmann, Paris, 2009, p. 155
F. Camard, Jacques Émile Ruhlmann, New York, 2011, p. 155



Exhibited

New York, The Finch College Museum of Art, Art Deco, October-November 1970, cat. no. 246
Minneapolis, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The World of Art Deco, July-September 1971, pp.14, 62, cat. no. 94 (present lot illustrated)



Further Details

This model is recorded under number 2023AR/1954NR in the Ruhlmann Archives, Musée des Années 30, Boulogne-Billancourt.

This model was exhibited in the Pavillon de Marsan at the Salon des artistes décorateurs, Paris, 1923.

This model was exhibited at the Monza Biennal, 1925.
Artist:Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann (1879 - 1933)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze, Ebonywood, Wood
Art style:Art Deco
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Category:Cupboards
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Cupboards
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