ID 1436517
Лот 22 | JEAN-MICHEL FRANK (1895-1941)
Оценочная стоимость
$ 400 000 – 600 000
Important 'Aragon' Low Table, circa 1937
cerused oak
with glass top
11 ½ x 18 5/8 x 51 1/8 in. (29.2 x 47.3 x 129.8 cm)
impressed J.M. FRANK CHANAUX & Co. 18760
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Zellerbach, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, circa 1937, commissioned from Frances Elkins (Bar)
Norah and Norman Stone, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, 1994
Acquired from the above by the present owner, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, 2022
Literature
L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1980, p. 184
D. Warwick Reed, "A New American Style, Why Frances Elkins is the decorator's decorator," The Connoisseur, London, January 1984, p. 91 (present lot illustrated)
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)
L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1997, pp. 167, 212-214
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. 118-119 (present lot illustrated), 108-123 (for a discussion of the commission)
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, l'étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, pp. 69, 140-141 (for a maquette of this model), 149, 254 (for a discussion of the commission), 285
Jean-Michel Frank, Un décorateur dans le Paris des années 30, exh. cat., Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, 2010, pp. 70 (for a maquette of this model), 101
P. E. Meza, Inventing the California Look, New York, 2022, pp. 228-229 (present lot illustrated), 226-229 (for a discussion of the commission)
S. Powell, Frances Elkins: Visionary American Designer, New York, 2023, back cover and pp. 4, 177 (present lot illustrated), 174-179 (for a discussion of the commission)
Further Details
This lot is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Jean-Michel Frank.
Images 1-3: Photography by Flying Studio
Image 4: Photography by Glen Cheriton
| Автор: | Жан-Мишель Франк (1895 - 1941) |
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| Материал: | Дерево |
| Художественный стиль: | Ар-деко |
| Место происхождения: | Западная Европа, Франция, Европа |
| Категория аукционного дома: | Мебель и Светильники, Столы |
| Автор: | Жан-Мишель Франк (1895 - 1941) |
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| Материал: | Дерево |
| Художественный стиль: | Ар-деко |
| Место происхождения: | Западная Европа, Франция, Европа |
| Категория аукционного дома: | Мебель и Светильники, Столы |
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