LOT DETAILS
Materials:
silver, ebony, enamel
Measurements:
4.13 in. (10.50 cm.) (height) by 4.49 in. (11.40 cm.) (width) by 3.74 in. (9.50 cm.) (width)
Markings:
with two French hallmarks and Cranbrook Art Museum's accesssion number 1930.77 in red lacquer
Exhibited:
. Third International Exhibition of Contemporary Industrial Art, 1930-1931, The American Federation of Arts 1930-1931, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, October 15-November 10, 1930, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, December 1-28, 1930, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, January 19-February 15, 1931, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, March 11-April 5, 1931. . Art Deco , Finch College Museum of Art, New York, October 14-November 30, 1970. . Art Deco , Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, July-September 1971.
Literature:
. Third International Exhibition of Contemporary Industrial Art, International Exhibition of Metalwork and Cotton Textiles , exh. cat., The American Federation of Arts, 1930, no. 169. Judth Applegate,. Art Deco , exh. cat., New York, 1970, no. 392. Minneapolis Institute of Arts,. Art Deco, exh. cat., Minneapolis, 1971, no. 164. Katerine Morrison McClinton,. Art Deco, A Guide for Collectors , New York, 1972, p. 162 (for the present lot illustrated). Sotheby's Parke-Bernet,. The Cranbrook Collections , New York, 1972, pp. 7, 9 (for the present lot illustrated)
Provenance:
Cranbrook Academy of Art Collection. Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, New York, May 2, 1972, lot 31. Private Collection, New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner.