Eugène PRINTZ (1889-1948) - Lot 20

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Eugène PRINTZ (1889-1948) - Lot 20
Eugène PRINTZ (1889-1948) Modernist desk in palm wood veneer with a rectangular top enclosed in a wrought iron frame forming a base in flat curved blades. The top, whose ends form a Greek shape, is decorated with a shelf on one of the sides. A smaller version of this desk model was exhibited at the Galliera Museum in 1932 at the Exhibition Metal in Art and at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs in 1934. H : 76,5 / W : 201,5 / D : 92,5 cm. Provenance: Former collection of Mademoiselle Elmerich. Bibliography : - L'Art Vivant, year 1934, n°185, in a black and white SAD interior. - Henri Clouzot, " Intérieurs Modernes, " L'Illustration, May 1933, p. 18 - Henri Clouzot, " Eugène Printz, Meublier et Architecte, " Mobilier et Décoration, 1934, p. 421 - Marcel Zahar, " Le 24e Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, " Art et Industrie, June 1934, pp. 21-22. - Bernard Champigneulle, " Interview with Eugène Printz, " Mobilier et Décoration, 1936, pp. 164 and 175. - Pierre Kjellberg, Art Déco: Les Maîtres du Mobilier, le Décor des Paquebots, Paris, 1986, p. 188. - Guy Bujon and Jean-Jacques Dutko, E. Printz, Paris, 1986, Ediitons du Regard, pages 174-175, 222 for a gouache model and 254 for a variant. - Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier du XXe Siècle, Paris, 2000, p. 510. Comments: Desk fully restored by Gilbon and Coroler. An invoice of this restoration will be given to the buyer as well as a complete set of pictures of the different stages of the restoration.
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