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LOUIS MAJORELLE (1859-1926) AND VICTOR PROUVÉ (1858-1943)

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$ 200 000
Auction dateClassic
07.06.2022 11:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 779004
Lot 262 | LOUIS MAJORELLE (1859-1926) AND VICTOR PROUVÉ (1858-1943)
LOUIS MAJORELLE (1859-1926) AND VICTOR PROUVÉ (1858-1943)

'La Mort du Cygne' Grand Piano, 1903

mahogany, fruitwood, ivorine, gilt bronze

39 5⁄8 x 84 x 58 in. (100.5 x 213.5 x 147.5 cm)

signed and dated V. Prouve, 1903, numbered 88354





Provenance

John and Katsy Mecom, Houston, Texas

John Mecom, Jr., Houston, Texas

Minami Art Museum, Tokyo

The Garden Museum Collection, Matsue, Japan

Allen Michaan, California, acquired from the above, 2012



Literature

L'Art décoratif aux expositions des Beaux-Arts 1904, 4e série, Le mobilier, Paris, 1904, pl. 35-38 (for a related piano with the theme "La chanson de l'homme au sable" at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs)

Société des Artistes Décorateurs, Le Mobilier aux Expositions des Beaux-Arts Au Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris, 1906, pl. 37

E. Mannoni, Meubles et ensembles style 1900, Paris, 1968, pp. 43 and 59 (for the Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy example)

Laurence Buffet-Challié, Le Modern Style, Paris, 1975, pp. 36-37 (for the Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy example)

L.-V. Masini, Art Nouveau, Seaucus, 1984, pp. 89-90, no. 226 (for the Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy example)

F. Mathey, et al., Chefs d'oeuvre du musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1985, pp. 160-161

A. Duncan, Fin de siècle, Masterpieces from the Silverman Collection, New York, 1989, pp. 103-109

A. Duncan, Louis Majorelle, Master of Art Nouveau Design, New York, 1991, pp. 92-93, no. 83, 85-86

C. Heller, Art Nouveau Furniture, New York, 1994, p. 11

A.-M. Quette, Le Mobilier Français, Art Nouveau 1900, Paris, 1995, p. 41 (for the Musée des Arts Décoratifs example)

A. Duncan, The Paris Salons 1895-1914, Volume III: Furniture, Woodbridge, 1996, cover, pp. 28, 31 (for a period photograph of the 1906 Salon des Artistes Décorateurs), 393 (for the Musée des Arts Décoratifs example)

A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Suffolk, 2004, pp. 628-630 (present lot illustrated)

Le Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy, oeuvres choisies, Paris, 2012, pp. 12-13
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