JEAN-MICHEL FRANK (1895-1941)

Lot 8
12.06.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1436490
Lot 8 | JEAN-MICHEL FRANK (1895-1941)
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000
JEAN-MICHEL FRANK (1895-1941)
Pair of Guéridons, circa 1937
patinated iron, lacquered metal
26 1/8 in. (66.4 cm) high, 14 ¼ in. (36.2 cm) diameter (each)
each inscribed MADE IN FRANCE




Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. James D. Zellerbach, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, circa 1937, commissioned from Frances Elkins (Card Room)
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, pp. 138-139, 161, 182
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, pp. 69, 146-147, 167, 199, 208
Z. Sardar, San Francisco modern: interiors, architecture & design, San Francisco, 1998, p. 30 (present lot illustrated)
S. M. Salny, Frances Elkins: Interior Design, New York, 2005, pp. 118 (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, pp. 28, 68, 149, 162, 293
Jean-Michel Frank, Un décorateur dans le Paris des années 30, exh. cat., Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, 2010, p. 61
P. E. Meza, Inventing the California Look, New York, 2022, pp. 229 (present lot illustrated), 226-229 (for a discussion of the commission)
S. Powell, Frances Elkins: Visionary American Designer, New York, 2023, back cover and pp. 5, 177 (present lot illustrated), 174-179 (for a discussion of the commission)



Further details

This lot is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Jean-Michel Frank.

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