Eugène PRINTZ (1879-1948) - Lot 44

Eugène PRINTZ (1879-1948) Rare modernist desk in polished and waxed walnut with a rectangular top enhanced by two side returns Black patina wrought-iron flat-blade frame. Signed "E.PRINTZ Created circa 1930 H : 74 cm / W : 147.5 cm / D : 67.5 cm Provenance : Private collection France; Ordered directly from Eugène PRINTZ on October 24, 1932 for the Villa de Mr X in Casablanca, Morocco. Bibliography : -" Petits Meubles du Jour circa 1930", Éditions Charles Moreau, similar model in black and white reproduced on Plate 11 -Guy Bujon and Jean-Jacques Dutko, "E.Printz", Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1986, for a similar model or variants reproduced on pages 136, 174, 175, 222, 238 and 254. Note: A model similar to ours was exhibited at the Palais Galliera in 1932 for Le Métal dans l'Art, and at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs (SAD) in 1934.