JEAN-MICHEL FRANK (1895-1941)
Low Table, circa 1928
executed by Chanaux & Pelletier, Paris
mica, beech
16 x 37 1⁄2 x 17 in. (40,4 x 95,5 x 43,3 cm)
impressed CP J.M. FRANK7811 and MADE IN FRANCE
JEAN-MICHEL FRANK (1895-1941)
Low Table, circa 1928
executed by Chanaux & Pelletier, Paris
mica, beech
16 x 37 1⁄2 x 17 in. (40,4 x 95,5 x 43,3 cm)
impressed CP J.M. FRANK7811 and MADE IN FRANCE
Private Collection, acquired directly from the artist Thence by descent Acquired from the above by the present owner
L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank. Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1980, pp. 72 and 180-181 (the model in Jean-Michel Frank's apartment, Paris) L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, pp. 67, 70-71 (the model in Jean-Michel Frank's apartment, Paris) Jean-Michel Frank, Un décorateur dans le Paris des années 30, exh. cat., Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, 2009, pp. 25 and 95 (the model in Jean-Michel Frank's apartment, Paris) L. Verchère et. al., Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 2018, pp. 24, 124-125, 152-153 and 186-187 (the model in Jean-Michel Frank's apartment, Paris)
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This lot is accompanied by a certificate from the Comité Jean-Michel Frank.
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