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Jean-Michel Frank (1895-1941)

Lot 9
13.04.2022 16:00UTC +01:00
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€ 630 000
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Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 740401
Lot 9 | Jean-Michel Frank (1895-1941)
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€ 300 000 – 500 000
Jean-Michel Frank (1895-1941)Paire de fauteuilsfer forgé patiné et peint, cuir et hêtreChacun : 86.5 x 50 x 59 cm.Réalisés vers 1926patinated and painted wrought iron, leather and beechEach : 34 x 19 5⁄8 x 23 1⁄4 in.Executed circa 1926 Provenance Collection Charles et Marie-Laure de Noailles, Hôtel Bischoffsheim, place des Etats-Unis, Paris.Collection Nathalie de Noailles, Fontainebleau.Alexina ‘Teeny’ Duchamp, Paris (don de celle-ci).Puis par descendance. Literature 'Jardins de Paris', in Art et Industrie, Paris, n. 9, 10 septembre 1927, p. 17 (pour nos exemplaires).'The Garden and Loggia of the Paris House of the Vicomte de Noailles Done in the Modern Manner', in Vogue, 1 février 1928, p. 63 (pour nos exemplaires).L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1997, p. 220-221 (pour le même modèle).Jean-Michel Frank, cat. exp., Galerie Vallois, Paris, Biennale des antiquaires, 2006, n. p (pour le même modèle).P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, l'étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, p. 204, 301 (pour le même modèle).Jean-Michel Fank, Un décorateur dans le Paris des années 30, cat. exp., Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, 2010, p. 13, 92 (pour le même modèle). Special notice This item will be transferred to an offsite warehouse after the sale. Please refer to department for information about storage charges and collectiondetails. Post lot text En 1925, Charles et Marie-Laure de Noailles font aménager l’hôtel Bischoffsheim, Place des Etats-Unis à Paris par Jean-Michel Frank. Tout en subtil dépouillement, le décorateur recouvre les murs de parchemin, la cheminée de mica et dore les plafonds sur de grands aplats presque ininterrompus. Le mobilier se résume à sa plus simple expression : rare et précieux, il rythme les vides, installe une atmosphère de luxueuse quiétude saisissant les visiteurs. Dans ces lieux d’exception se jouent des pans mémorables de la vie artistique et mondaine de l’entre-deux-guerres, du Bal des Matières (1929) où les salons et jardins sont peuplés des costumes chamarrés et inattendus réalisés par Francis Poulenc, Georges Auric ou encore de Jean Hugo, à la première projection du film l’Âge d’or de Buñuel (1930). Sur les sobres parois décorées par Frank les œuvres de Giacometti, Balthus, Klee ou Mondrian établissent un dialogue nouveau, empreint de modernisme. Destinée au kiosque de jardin conçu par Paul-Ernest Sanson, cette paire de fauteuils complétait un ensemble entouré de paravents monumentaux s’ouvrant sur les espaces verts de la propriété. Leurs fines structures métalliques recouvertes de cuir créent une silhouette épurée, ponctuée du martellement du fer forgé. In 1925, Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles had the Hôtel Bischoffsheim, Place des Etats-Unis in Paris, refurbished by Jean-Michel Frank. Subtly sober, the decorator covers the walls with parchment, the fireplace with mica and gilds the ceilings on large, almost uninterrupted flat areas. The furniture can be summed up in its simplest form: rare and precious, it creates rhythm, installs an atmosphere of luxurious tranquillity that seizes visitors. In these exceptional surroundings, memorable parts of the artistic and social life of the interwar period are played out, from the Bal des Matières (1929) where the salons and gardens are populated by colourful and unexpected costumes made by Francis Poulenc, Georges Auric or Jean Hugo, to the first screening of the film L'Âge d'or de Buñuel (1930). On the lightly decorated walls by Frank, the works of Giacometti, Balthus, Klee or Mondrian establish a new dialogue, imbued with modernism.Intended for the garden pavilion designed by Paul-Ernest Sanson, this pair of armchairs completed a set surrounded by monumental screens opening onto the green spaces of the property. Their fine metal structures covered by leather create a refined silhouette, only punctuated by the hammering of wrought iron.
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