Bronze sculpture representing a monkey by David Mesly (1918 - 2004).
Signed and numbered 3/8.
Stamp from the smelter Serral Heiro.
André ARBUS (1903-1969) & Jean DUNAND (1877-1942)
Table basse en laque de Chine de couleur écaille nuagée
Datée de 1937
Estampillée André Arbus
H : 38,5 cm ; Diamètre : 68,5 cm
Pour plus d'informations sur les créateurs, cliquer sur leurs noms : André ARBUS - Jean DUNAND
Coffee table by André Arbus and Jean Dunand, 1937.
Low coffee table or guéridon in irregular turtle-shell color Chinese lacquer. Basin shape top with curved sides. Four shaped legs. Mirror top with a gilded 'églomisé' decor of a red and blue flowery branches frieze.
Stamped 'André Arbus' as cabinetmaker. Lacquer work attributed to Jean Dunand. A facsimile of the original invoice with header 'Andre Arbus, 24 avenue Matignon, dated 19 Avril 1937'. Will be given to the buyer.
Bibliography: Reproduced in Mobilier et décoration, Revue mensuelle des arts décoratifs appliqués et de l'architecture moderne, Editions Edmond Honoré, juin 1937, on pages 167 and 169.
For more information : André ARBUS - Jean DUNAND
Light mahogany shelves bookcase with four shelves.
One side of each shelf has an arc of a circle shape. 1932 iconic model from Eugène Printz.
Large beige, blue and green with nuance of brown enameled ceramic sculpture representing a naked Venus by Edouard Cazaux (1889-1974).
Signed Cazaux on the base back.
1940-1950s
Dimensions : H : 52 cm L : 13,5 cm P : 11 cm
Pour plus d'informations sur la créatrice, cliquer sur le nom : Charlotte PERRIAND
Dimensions : H : 20.47 in 5.3 in D : 4.33 in H : 52cm W : 13.5cm D : 11cm
Art Deco chair, circa 1925.
Covered with old brown fabric
For more information : KRIEGER
Rosewood dressing table with arrow-tip legs and wound motif feet. Three side drawers, two drawers decorated with floral adornment marquetry (made of mixed exotic woods, metal and ivoirine). Silver plated circular mirror. Two small lighted bronze torcheres. The round stool is covered with an old grey fabric and has a same color cushion.
Krieger stamp on the lock. House Krieger was a famous cabinetmaker in the 1920s-1930s established 74 Faubourg Saint-Antoine in Paris (12th arrondissement). Wired for European use.
Hat projects in ink, gouache, watercolour and pencil lines on tracing paper
Eleven drawings with annotations of the creator
Some drawings have the name of the model
Sketch number at the top of the tracing paper (74 to 87)
1920s.
Photography by Lucien Clergue representing Serge Lifar (Diaghilev successor as a director of the famous Russian Ballet and director of the Paris Opera House)) accompanied by Janine Charrat (legendary ballet dancer and ballet director) taken in Arles (France) in 1954.
The photography is signed on the bottom right. Manuscript dedication on the back "Souvenir of an Arlesian admirer, Andre Bernard, Arles July 54 the 1st".
Original print.
Dimension without frame: 22cm x 14cm.
Albumen print from the period by Eugène Atget representing an apple tree branch in full blossom. Written on the back by the photographer : 'Branche de pommier, N°55.' (Apple tree, negative N°55) 1900 period.
Pastel watercolor of a woman filling water jugs