JEAN-MICHEL FRANK
TABLE LAMP, c. 1925
A lamp edited by Chanaux & Pelletier composed of a large, roughly cut pink quartz block, with a brass rod inserted into the block to support the electrical system. Original brown leather underneath.
Without shade :
H 33 - W 35 - D 28 cm.
H 13 - W 13 3/4 - D 11 in.
H 33 - W 35 - D 28 cm.
H 13 - W 13 3/4 - D 11 in.
Stamped on the leather underneath : 'J.M. FRANK', 'MADE IN FRANCE', Numbered '4023' and bears also the monogram 'CP'
Further images
A certificate from the Comité Jean-Michel Frank accompanies this lamp, no. 2025/2232.
Literature
Josette Devin, "Jean Michel Frank, un créateur oublié," L'Oeil, May 1963, p. 52 (for a related example)
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank: Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1980, p. 156 (for a related example)
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank: Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1997, pp. 155 and 162 (for related examples)
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank: L'Etrange Luxe du Rien, Paris, 2006, pp. 107, 128-29, 160, 293 (for related examples)