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534 - EZAN – FRANCE Company founded by Boris LACROIX
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Estimate €200 - €500
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EZAN – FRANCE Company founded by Boris LACROIX Copper pendant light comprising a central bowl and five scroll-shaped arms, with opalescent glass tulip shades decorated with feathers. The conical body is adorned with opalescent glass birds. Marked ‘Ezan France’ and numbered 54-60 Height: 75 cm – Diameter: approx. 79 cm Jean-Boris Lacroix (1902–1984), architect, interior designer and designer, was one of the leading figures of the 20th-century French avant-garde. After beginning his career as artistic director of the Vionnet fashion house (1924–1937), he turned his attention to interior architecture and lighting design, fields in which he established a modernist style characterised by geometric lines, flat surfaces and great formal rigour. An active member of the Union des Artistes Modernes (UAM) from the 1930s onwards, he exhibited regularly at the UAM’s salons alongside figures such as Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouvé and Jacques Adnet. His works for these exhibitions showcased his mastery of metal and glass, as well as his interest in pure, functional forms. In particular, he presented tubular floor lamps and wall lights in chrome-plated metal, display cabinets with clean-lined structures, and frosted glass pendant lights that played on the subtle diffusion of light. These creations, both understated and refined, perfectly illustrate the principles of the UAM: a rejection of ornamentation, honesty in the use of materials, and an openness to industrial techniques. In the aftermath of the Second World War, he cemented his reputation as a pioneer of lighting design through key collaborations with two influential French manufacturers: Caillat, for whom he designed desk and table lamps in the 1950s and 1960s, combining metal and Plexiglas with functional elegance; then Luminalite, the company founded by Jacques Biny, which in 1958 produced, amongst other pieces, the Model 316 lamp, emblematic of the refined and graphic aesthetic of its time. His aesthetic, combining clean lines and contemporary materials, was celebrated as early as 1927 at prestigious exhibitions such as the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs and the Salon d’Automne. Lacroix developed an innovative visual vocabulary with luminaires such as the famous ‘Dog Lamp’ from the 1950s, as well as a series of pendant lights, wall lights and lamps with sculptural and luminous forms. Her work, at the crossroads of the functional and the poetic, embodies the creative spirit of the post-war era. It is now admired by collectors and exhibited in specialist galleries, reflecting a design that combines modernity, sensitivity and technical precision.
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About the sale Private Collections: Gabriel GUY’s Studio – A private and antique collection of 19th- and early 20th-century painters – Garden sculptures – CHINA: A private collection from the years 1925–1930 – – VINTAGE - DESIGN - BOOKS - WINES AND SPIRITS - CERAMICS - GLASSWARE - CURIOSITIES - TABLEWARE - CLOCKS AND WATCHES - BERBER JEWELLERY
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Auction time 10/05/2026 at 10:30 AM
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