Live Auction 2255The Modern Age: The Collection of Alice Lawrence
JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942)
Lot 36

JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942)

A LACQUERED METAL AND GILT-BRONZE 'COBRA' BONBONNIÈRE, CIRCA 1925

Closed6 November 2008

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USD 131,500

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JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942)
A Lacquered Metal and Gilt-Bronze 'Cobra' Bonbonnière, circa 1925
Height: 4½ in. (11.5 cm.)
partial signature (on underside)

Jeanne Lanvin, Paris.
DeLorenzo Gallery, New York.

Specialist note

Like Madeleine Vionnet, for whom Dunand created the lacquered metal vase included in this sale, Jeanne Lanvin was one of Paris's most sought-after fashion designers and an avid patron of Jean Dunand. The snake motif of this bonbonnière was a popular motif of the Art Deco period and was also used by Dunand for snake sculptures of various sizes.