LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Patinated iron, gilt bronze

Measurements:

106.50 in. (270.50 cm.) (height) by 159.25 in. (404.50 cm.) (width) by 7.99 in. (20.30 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

garland of the single female figure signed MAX-BLONDAT.

Exhibited:

Salon d'Automne, Paris, 1923; International Exhibition of Architecture and Allied Arts, Grand Central Palace, New York, April, 1925; Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, circa 1928-1986

Literature:

The Studio, vol. 88, December 1924, illustrated p. 349; Guillaume Janneau, Le Fer: Ouvrages de Ferronnerie et de Serrurerie à des Artisans Contemporains, Paris, 1924, illustrated pls. 11, 12; The Architect's Exhibition, The International Studio, vol. 81, July 1925, illustrated p. 264; Emile Bayard, L'Art appliqué francais d'aujourd'hui, Paris, 1925, illustrated p. 64; Ferrobrandt Inc., (catalogue), New York, 1926, illustrated pl. 3; Joan Kahr, Edgar Brandt: Art Deco Ironwork, Paris, 2010, illustrated front and back covers, pp. 93-94

Provenance:

Ferrobrandt, Inc., New York; Acquired from the above by John Woodman Higgins for the Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1935; Sotheby's, New York, Important 20th Century Decorative Arts, November 22, 1991, lot 508; Claude and Simone Dray, Paris; Christie's, Paris, Collection Claude et Simone Dray, June 8, 2006, lot 18; Acquired from the above