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17 - Jean DUNAND (1877–1942)
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Estimate €5,000 - €7,000
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Jean DUNAND (1877–1942) Model created in 1906 Chiselled and hammered bronze vase, with green and gold patinas and a decoration of four frogs lying on water lily leaves and buds, peering at flies flitting around the upper part of the neck. Signed on the underside of the base in intaglio with ‘Jean Dunand’ and the number 5889. H: 31 cm A chiselled and hammered bronze vase designed by Jean Dunand in 1906, with green and gold patinas and a decoration of four frogs lying on leaves and water lily buds, eyeing the flies on the upper part of the neck. Signed beneath the base “Jean Dunand” and bearing the number 5889. H: 12.20 inches Private collection. Exhibitions: - A similar model with a different patina was exhibited at the Salon de la Société nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1907 - A similar model with a different patina was exhibited at the Salon de la Société nationale des Beaux-Arts in Geneva in 1907, under number 2466. Museum holdings: A similar model with a different patina is held in the collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (MAD) under inventory number 14278. Bibliography: - Félix Marcilhac & Amélie Marcilhac: “Jean Dunand”, Norma Éditions, Paris, 2020; the model with a variant patina is reproduced on page 18 and again on page 330, where it is referenced as number 2. - Félix Marcilhac, “Jean Dunand”, Thames and Hudson, London, 1991; a model with a variant patina is reproduced on page 133 under number 139 and referenced on page 293 under number 873. - *L’Art Décoratif*, January 1909, a model with a variant patina reproduced on page 15. - *Art et Décoration*, May 1907, a model with a variant patina reproduced on page 175.
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About the sale Masters VI – 20th-Century Decorative Arts
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Auction time 11/06/2026 at 2:00 PM
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YANN GIRAULT
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