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Property from the Estate of George and Rosemary Lois
EDGAR BRANDT (1880-1960) AND DAUM
'La Tentation' Floor Lamp, circa 1925
Details
EDGAR BRANDT (1880-1960) AND DAUM
'La Tentation' Floor Lamp, circa 1925
gilt bronze, pâte de verre
65 ½ in. (166.4 cm) high, 19 5⁄8 in. (49.8 cm) diameter
glass engraved DAUM NANCY France with Croix de Lorraine
base impressed E. BRANDT
'La Tentation' Floor Lamp, circa 1925
gilt bronze, pâte de verre
65 ½ in. (166.4 cm) high, 19 5⁄8 in. (49.8 cm) diameter
glass engraved DAUM NANCY France with Croix de Lorraine
base impressed E. BRANDT
Provenance
DeLorenzo Gallery, New York
George Lois (1931-2022) and Rosemary Lois (1930-2022), New York, 1984
Thence by descent to the present owner
George Lois (1931-2022) and Rosemary Lois (1930-2022), New York, 1984
Thence by descent to the present owner
Literature
Mobilier et Décoration, January 1926, n.p. (for a period advertisement)
P. Kjellberg, Art Deco, Les Maitres du Mobilier, Le Décor des Paquebots, Paris, 1981, p. 38
D. Klein, N. McClelland and M. Haslam, In the Deco Style, London, 1987, p. 65
J. Kahr, Edgar Brandt: Master of Art Deco Ironwork, New York, 1999, pp. 156-157
J. Kahr, Edgar Brandt: Art Deco Ironwork, New York, 2010, pp. 13 (for a period photograph of the artist in front of his drafting table with this model in the room, circa 1925), 132-133, 134 (for a period photograph of Brandt's showroom at 101 Boulevard Murat, circa 1923)
S. D. Coffin and S. Harrison, The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s, exh. cat., Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York and The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 2017, p. 36
P. Kjellberg, Art Deco, Les Maitres du Mobilier, Le Décor des Paquebots, Paris, 1981, p. 38
D. Klein, N. McClelland and M. Haslam, In the Deco Style, London, 1987, p. 65
J. Kahr, Edgar Brandt: Master of Art Deco Ironwork, New York, 1999, pp. 156-157
J. Kahr, Edgar Brandt: Art Deco Ironwork, New York, 2010, pp. 13 (for a period photograph of the artist in front of his drafting table with this model in the room, circa 1925), 132-133, 134 (for a period photograph of Brandt's showroom at 101 Boulevard Murat, circa 1923)
S. D. Coffin and S. Harrison, The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s, exh. cat., Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York and The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 2017, p. 36
Further details
Christie's would like to thank Joan Kahr for her assistance with the authentication and cataloguing of this lot.
Christie’s would like to thank Célia Crombez from the Daum company for her assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
Christie’s would like to thank Célia Crombez from the Daum company for her assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
Brought to you by
Daphné Riou
SVP, Senior Specialist, Head of Americas