Live Auction 2499DeLorenzo: Thirty Years, Evening Sale
JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942)
Lot 4

JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942)

A LACQUERED CAST STONE COMPOSITE PROTOTYPE CHAIR, CIRCA 1925/30

Closed14 December 2010

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USD 110,500

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JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942)
A Lacquered Cast Stone Composite Prototype Chair, circa 1925/30
aluminum sabots; with silk upholstered cushion
30¾ in. (78.1 cm.) high, 17¼ in. (44 cm.) wide, 20 in. (50.8 cm.) deep
marked Dunand (probably by the workshop)

Sotheby's, New York, 1 December 1990, lot 791A.
Michael Chow, Los Angeles.

Specialist note

Bernard Dunand has confirmed that this chair is most likely a unique piece. He describes this prototype as 'made in a sort of cement with the intention of creating the model for a chair which could be molded'.