JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942)

In June 1929 the present panel was featured in an important exhibition for Jean Dunand at the Galerie Renaissance in Paris. The previous year he had contributed a handful of lacquer works to the gallery's group show devoted to portraits of women. This time, however, the gallery - considered a flagship of the avant-garde - devoted an exhibition solely to Dunand. It included numerous panels as well as screens, vases and larger works such as a folding bar, display cabinets, and carpets, the latter executed by Jacques Dandelot, a friend of Madame Agnès. Dunand was pleased for this opportunity to present such a full range of his designs and to demonstrate his ability to excel at larger, more imposing objects. The present panel was also shown in New York in 1929 at the Rosenbach Gallery in an exhibition entitled Paintings in lacquer Jean Dunand - Two Screens Jean Pellenc.