FRANCES ELKINS (1887-1953)

Лот 2
12.06.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1436518
Лот 2 | FRANCES ELKINS (1887-1953)
Оценочная стоимость
$ 30 000 – 50 000
FRANCES ELKINS (1887-1953)
Games Table and Four 'Spider' Chairs, circa 1937
produced by Myron Oliver Studio, Monterey, California
cerused oak, painted wood, suede upholstery, vinyl upholstery, metal
28 ½ x 33 ½ x 33 ½ in. (72.4 x 85 x 85 cm) (table)
36 x 23 ½ x 21 in. (91.4 x 59.7 x 53.3 cm) (each chair)




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)
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. 38-40 (for related chairs in the Living Room of Colonel and Mrs. Allen Griffin's residence, Pebble Beach, California, 1926), 70 and 72-73 (for this chair model in the Library of Mr. and Mrs. Kersey Coates Reed's residence, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1929), 116, 118 (present lot illustrated), 108-123 (for a discussion of the commission), 187 (for this chair model)
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. 229 (present lot illustrated), 226-229 (for a discussion of the commission)
S. Powell, Frances Elkins: Visionary American Designer, New York, 2023, pp. 5, 177 (present lot illustrated), 60-61 (for this chair model in the Living Room of Colonel and Mrs. Allen Griffin's residence, Pebble Beach, California, 1926), 121 (for this chair model for the Living Room of Mrs. Carolyn Morse Ely's residence, Chicago, Illinois (1930-1934), 132-133 (for this chair model in the Library of Mr. and Mrs. Kersey Coates Reed's residence, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1929), 174-179 (for a discussion of the commission)



Further details

This armchair model, also known as the 'Spider Chair', was used in other interiors decorated by Frances Elkins such as the residences of Colonel and Mrs. Allen Griffin, Pebble Beach, California (1926); Mr. and Mrs. Kersey Coates Reed, Lake Forest, Illinois (1929); and Mrs. Carolyn Morse Ely, Chicago, Illinois (1930-1934).

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A PAIR OF EBONISED-WOOD AND IRON URNS
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