JEAN-MICHEL FRANK
TABLE LAMP, c. 1924
A lamp composed of a large, roughly cut white quartz block, with a brass rod inserted into the block to support the electrical system.
Without lamp shade :
30 x 30 x 20 cm.
11 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.
30 x 30 x 20 cm.
11 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.
The lamp's base is covered with a thin, light brown leather platform, stamped with "CP," "J.M. Frank," "Made in France" in a cartouche, and numbered "4026."
Further images
Coming along with a certificate of authenticity issued by the Comité Jean-Michel Frank N°2024/2039.
Literature
For a sililar model :
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Paris, 1997, p. 116, 129 and 245
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank: l'étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, p. 128-129, 268, 273 and 301