LOT DETAILS

Materials:

sheet aluminum and lacquered wood

Measurements:

11.57 in. (29.40 cm.) (height) by 33.23 in. (84.40 cm.) (width) by 5.98 in. (15.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed J. J. MARTEL

Exhibited:

Cinquantaire de L'Exposition de 1925, Le Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, October 15, 1976-February 2, 1977 Léger et L'esprit Moderne, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, March 17-June 6, 1982 The 1920s: Age of the Metropolis, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, June 20-November 10, 1991 Art Deco 1910-1939, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, March 27-July 20, 2003; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, September 20, 2003-January 4, 2004; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, March 6-July 4, 2004; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 22, 2004-January 9, 2005

Literature:

"Deuxième Exposition de l'Union," Art et Décoration, July 1931, p. 32 (for a nearly idendical model) Jan et Jöel Martel: Sculpteurs 1896-1966, Paris, 1996, pp. 98, and 183-184 (for a nearly identical model)

Provenance:

Atelier Martel, Paris Felix Marcilhac, Paris.