Eugène PRINTZ (1889-1948) - Lot 100

Lot n° 100
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Eugène PRINTZ (1889-1948) - Lot 100
Eugène PRINTZ (1889-1948) Large modernist chest of drawers in palm wood veneer with a curved body opening on the front with two superimposed rows of two drawers with notched patinated brass pull handles. The ensemble rests on a double arched base of flat patinated steel strips terminating in circular lozenges and continuing at the waist to form a straight herringbone pattern. Stamped with the initials "EP" in a circular cartouche One-of-a-kind piece, circa 1930 H : 90 cm / W : 200 cm / D : 42.5 cm (Worn, dented and missing veneer) Note: Similar model with a copper marquetry front presented at the 1929 Autumn Salon. Provenance : -Villa of Mr. X. in Casablanca (Morocco). From an important decoration by Eugène Printz in the 1930s. This set also included a console table (or desk), identical to the one in the Palais de la Porte Dorée (Maréchal Lyautey's oval salon), sold on May 16, 2017 in Paris (lot 108), and a lacquer panel by Jean Dunand sold, also in Paris, on March 19, 2014. -Private collection, France. Bibliography: Guy Bujon and Jean-Jacques Dutko, "E.Printz", Les Editions du Regard, Paris, 1986, similar model reproduced on pages 197 and 275.
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