Lot 226: - Janine Janet (1913 - 2000) , `Les Quatre Saisons': a four-fold screen

Name: - Janine Janet (1913 - 2000) , `Les Quatre Saisons': a four-fold screen
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 31jc7v19s8

Est: £15,000 GBP - £20,000 GBP

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomApril 02, 2008

Item Overview

Description

circa 1956 each translucent panel with a collage figure made from pressed feathers, leaves, butterflies and lace above a floral bouquet, within a hinged gold velvet frame one panel signed 'Janine Janet'

Dimensions

measurements 182cm. high by 240cm. wide (fully extended); alternate measurements 5ft 11½in., 7ft 10½in.

Artist or Maker

Janine Janet

Exhibited

`Les Féeries naturelles de Janine Janet', Galerie Christofle, rue Royale, Paris, 1956

Literature

For the screen in the window of the Galerie Christofle exhibition, see: Claude d'Anthenaise, Janine Janet Métamorphoses, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 2003, p. 49.

Auction Details

Pruskin: Decorative Art 1880-1960

Sotheby's

April 02, 2008, 12:00 PM EST

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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