JEAN-MICHEL FRANK (1895-1941)

Lot 4
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Lot 4 | JEAN-MICHEL FRANK (1895-1941)
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
JEAN-MICHEL FRANK (1895-1941)
Rare Log Holder, circa 1937
oak, wicker
19 1/8 x 19 ¼ x 13 ½ in. (48.5 x 48.8 x 34.3 cm)
impressed J.M. FRANK CHANAUX & Co. 18910 (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

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)
S. M. Salny, Frances Elkins: Interior Design, New York, 2005, pp. 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), 208-209 (for a related example at Stern Hall Women's Dormitory, University of California)



Further details

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

Another version of this model was used by Frances Elkins in her interior for the Stern Hall Women's Dormitory, University of California, Berkeley.

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