Jean-Michel Frank "Unfurnishes"…

Published on 19 June 2020, by Claire Papon

Auction on 23 June 2020 - 15:00 (CEST) - Salle 6 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

This interior designer created a style with simple volumes and harmonious forms halfway between Le Corbusier's Jansenist purism and Ruhlmann's mannered style.

Jean-Michel Frank (1895-1941), console table in patinated plaster comprising a top... Jean-Michel Frank

Jean-Michel Frank (1895-1941), console table in patinated plaster comprising a top (remade identically) in patinated wood supported by two leafy uprights, around 1935, 88 x 165 x 60 cm.
Estimate: €80,000/100,000

"You can furnish a room very luxuriously by removing the furniture," as Jean-Michel Frank would say. However, it's difficult to ignore this console, whose sober top and classical frame are emphasized by the exuberance…

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DECORATIVE ARTS OF THE XXTH CENTURY

Tuesday 23 June 2020 - 15:00 (CEST) - Live

Salle 6 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris

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