JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942) / JEAN LAMBERT RUCKI (1888-1967), 1925

JEAN DUNAND, JEAN LAMBERT RUCKI

#6868

A single commission upright cabinet in black lacquer with cut-off corners, engraved motif depicting puppies resting on geometric boxes. Red lacquer interior.

Branded twice ‘CP’ within a circle, which stands for Chanaux et Pelletier, the noted French cabinet makers who collaborated with Andre Groult after 1927. Also stamped ’327′ and ‘E/27′.

Measurements

  • Height: 68 in. (172.7 cm)
  • Width: 45 in. (114.3 cm)
  • Depth: 14 in. (35.5 cm)

Documentation

Francois Baudot, “Chez Tina Chow: L’Esprit Art Deco”, Elle Décoration (France), N°4, September 1988, p.128.
Jean-Paul Bouillon, Art Deco 1903-1940, New York:  Rizzoli International Publications, 1989, p. 185.
Yvonne Brunhammer and Suzanne Tise, French Decorative Arts, The Societé des Artistes Décorators 1900-1942, Paris:  Flammarion, 1990, pp. 101-103.
Yvonne Brunhammer, Le Style 1925, Paris, Baschet et Cie, pp. 88 & 90.
Yvonne Brunhammer, 1925, Paris:  Les Presses de la Connaissance, 1976. p. 65.
Dan Klein, Nancy McClelland and Malcolm Haslam, In the Deco Style, New York:  Rizzoli International, 1986, p. 77.
Felix Marcilhac, Jean Dunand, His Life and Works, Thames and Hudson, Ltd., London, 1991, pp. 69, 70 and 327.
Lucy D. Rosenfeld, Inside Art Deco, New York:  Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2005, p. 24.
Jean Dunand / Jean Goulden, Galerie du Luxembourg catalogue, Paris, 1973, p. 17.

Provenance

Galerie du Luxembourg, Paris, 1970-1973.
Michael Chow, New York, 1973-1988.
Anthony DeLorenzo, New York, 1988-present.

Exhibition

Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, 1925 the “Smoking Room”.