JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942) The model designed circa... Lot 31

JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942) The model designed circa [1912/14], our print made in 1930, which could form the counterpart to the following lot. Spectacular stretched shell vase; the annular neck has a wide overhang and is finished hemmed. Proof in nickel silver brass, entirely hammer-mounted and with a black patina. The surface is finished with a very fine, light hammering. Produced circa 1930. Signed Jean DUNAND and numbered 5055 on the reverse. Height: 52.5cm Provenance: - Important 20th century decorative art & Design - Christie's sale, New York, June 11, 1994. Our work presented under catalog no. 326. - Collection Claude et Simone Dray - Christie's sale, Paris, June 8, 2006. Our work shown under catalog no. 186. - Galerie L'Arc en Seine, Paris. - Private collection, Paris. Acquired from the above. Bibliography and related works: - Conferencia - N°9 of April 15, 1926. Related work reproduced on page 445 in an article entitled Le nouveau visage de l'art: Chez Monsieur Jean Dunand by Liliane Sarcey. - Art et Industrie - N°8, May-June 1935. Reproduced on page 14. - Jean Dunand/Jean Goulden - Catalogue of the eponymous exhibition held from May to July 1973 at the Galerie du Luxembourg, Paris, Éditions de la Galerie du Luxembourg, Paris, 1973. Related work reproduced on page 63. - Félix Marcilhac - Jean Dunand, vie et œuvre - Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1991. Variants and/or our vase reproduced on pages 298 to 301.