EUGÈNE PRINTZ
H 33 7/8 - W 59 - D 15 3/4 in.
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Created around 1933, this sideboard belongs to Eugène Printz’s mature period, when he developed a distinctive vocabulary in which the architectural rigour of the cabinet was combined with an increasingly inventive use of metal. Bronze is no longer confined to handles or fittings: here, it becomes an integral element of both structure and design.
The restrained, stepped body emphasises the natural figuring of the wenge veneer, while the base introduces a markedly more graphic vocabulary. Scrolls, broken lines and interlacing motifs form an almost abstract composition that visually lightens the mass of the cabinet. This dialogue between precious wood, architectural geometry and patinated metal is particularly characteristic of Printz’s work during the early 1930s.
Bibliographie
For a similar model:
Mobilier et Décoration, June 1933, no. 6, article ‘Le XXIII Salon des artistes décorateurs’ by Gaston Derys, p. 216
L’Art Vivant, June 1933, no. 173, article ‘Le Salon des Artistes Décorateurs’ by Armand Pierhal, p. 246
Art et Industrie, June 1933, article ‘XXIII Salon des Artistes Décorateurs. Les Ensembliers’ by Marcel Zahar, p. 10
Art et Décoration, July 1933, article ‘Le XXIII Salon des Artistes Décorateurs’ by Gaston Varenne, p. 203.
Le Décor d’Aujourd’hui, October–December 1933, no. 1, article ‘Les Expositions d’Art Décoratif en 1933’ by Jean Galliotti, p. 36.
Guy Bujon and Jean-Jacques Dutko, ‘E. Printz’, Paris, 1986, pp. 44 and 274.
Guy Bujon and Jean-Jacques Dutko, ‘E. Printz’, Paris, 2018, the same model of our sideboard il illustrated on page 252.