ID 779004
Lot 262 | LOUIS MAJORELLE (1859-1926) AND VICTOR PROUVÉ (1858-1943)
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000
'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
| Artist: | Victor Prouvé (1858 - 1943) Louis Majorelle (1859 - 1929) |
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| Medium: | Mahogany, Gilded bronze, Wood |
| Art style: | Art Nouveau |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
| Artist: | Victor Prouvé (1858 - 1943) Louis Majorelle (1859 - 1929) |
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| Medium: | Mahogany, Gilded bronze, Wood |
| Art style: | Art Nouveau |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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