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Jean DUNAND (lacquerer) & André NIVARD (From a carton by) (1…
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Jean DUNAND (lacquerer) & André NIVARD (From a carton by) (1…
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Estimate €10,000 - €15,000
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Jean DUNAND (lacquerer) & André NIVARD (From a carton by) (1877-1942 & 1880-1969)
"Mappemonde" or "L'Atlantique" - circa 1935-1937
Polychrome panel with relief decoration after an original cartoon by André Nivard
Signed lower right "Laqueur Jean Dunand" and lower left "André Nivard".
A polychromed panel "Mappemonde" or "L'Atlantique" by Jean Dunand, based on an original design by André Nivard, signed - circa 1935-1937
77.17 × 61.02 in.
195 x 155 cm
Provenance: - Pierre Comar Collection, original commissioner of the panel;
- By descent to the present owners
Bibliography: Félix Marcilhac, Amélie Marcilhac, Jean Dunand, Éditions Norma, Paris, 2020, our model reproduced and referenced under n°311 pp.280 and 281
At the end of the 19th century, Charles & Léon Comar developed the family laboratory into a leading chemical and pharmaceutical production company. This expansion was further enhanced by the acquisition of the Clin laboratory in 1897. Taking advantage of technical progress and new means of communication, the Clin-Comar company rapidly exported its products throughout the world. In 1905, the Clin-Comar prize was awarded to the best medical students at international level. Cinnozyl, a drug developed after the First World War to combat tuberculosis, became one of the laboratory's flagship products. The Clin-Comar group was transformed into Clin-Byla in the 1950s, then Clin-Midy in 1971, before leading to the current Sanofi group.
André Nivard, the official painter of the French Navy and Air Force, well known for his ultra-marine landscapes, was commissioned to produce the cardboard for our panel. This commission from the Comar family contained a number of symbols: Sainte-Geneviève, protector against disasters and epidemics, radiates throughout the world from Paris; medicinal plants are evoked by the gentians, foxgloves and poppies, as are serums by the confronted snakes, well-known medical symbols since Antiquity; pharmaceutical science and chemical progress are illustrated by the collection of microscopes and alembics as well as the medicine jar labelled "Acet Cupr" for copper acetate, recognised since time immemorial for its antiseptic virtues.
Jean DUNAND (lacquerer) & André NIVARD (Based on a cartoon by) (1877-1942 & 1880-1969)
195 x 155 cm
See original version (French)
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