Chair (Primary Title)
Jean Dunand, Swiss (active in France), 1877 - 1942 (Artist)
These lacquered chairs are identical to ones in black that were designed for the French Embassy Smoking Room, which was part of the Pavilion of the Society of Artists-Decorators at the 1925 International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Paris. Two hammered vases, also in this gallery, are examples of Dunand’s earliest work in lacquer.
Gift of Sydney and Frances Lewis
A similar chair was displayed at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs Moderne, Paris, 1925
Rene Chavance, Une ambassade Francaise, Editions d'Art Charles Moreau, Paris, 1925, pls. VII and VIII ("fumoir en la Que");
Yvonne Brunhammer, 1925, Les Presses de la Connaissance, Paris, 1976, p. 65;
Felix Marchilhac. Jean Dunand: His Life and Works (Thames & Hudson, 1991) pg. 69, illus.; pg. 70; pg. 252, no. 475.;
Evelyne Posseme. Le Mobilier Francais 1910-1930 (Editions Massin, 1999) pg. 148;
Yvonne Brunhammer, Le Style 1925, Baschet et Cie, Paris, p. 90, fig. 1;
Jean Dunand. Jean Goulden, Galerie du Luxembourg, Paris, 1973, pp. 16-17, 50;
Pierre Kjellberg, Art Deco. Les Maitres du Mobilier, les editions de l'amateur, Paris, p. 23;
Lynne Thornton, "Jean Dunand and his Friends," Apollo, Oct. 1973, p. 299
Yvonne Brunhammer, 1925, Les Presses de la Connaissance, Paris, 1976, p. 65;
Felix Marchilhac. Jean Dunand: His Life and Works (Thames & Hudson, 1991) pg. 69, illus.; pg. 70; pg. 252, no. 475.;
Evelyne Posseme. Le Mobilier Francais 1910-1930 (Editions Massin, 1999) pg. 148;
Yvonne Brunhammer, Le Style 1925, Baschet et Cie, Paris, p. 90, fig. 1;
Jean Dunand. Jean Goulden, Galerie du Luxembourg, Paris, 1973, pp. 16-17, 50;
Pierre Kjellberg, Art Deco. Les Maitres du Mobilier, les editions de l'amateur, Paris, p. 23;
Lynne Thornton, "Jean Dunand and his Friends," Apollo, Oct. 1973, p. 299
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