Pierre Legrain

Lot 548: PIERRE LEGRAIN (1889-1929)

Name: PIERRE LEGRAIN (1889-1929)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 8f186e2ff9

Est: $6,000 USD - $8,000 USDSold:

Christie'sNew York, NY, USDecember 09, 2014

Item Overview

Description

PIERRE LEGRAIN (1889-1929) GRAND BUVARD, TWO DESIGNS, CIRCA 1920 one watercolor, pen and blue ink, green pencil, pencil and gold and silver foil on paper; the other pencil and watercolor on paper one 14 x 20 in. (35.5 x 51 cm.); the other 13 x 18 in. (33 x 46 cm.)

Dimensions

35.5 x 51 cm.

Artist or Maker

Pierre Legrain

Date

CIRCA 1920

Provenance

Estate of Pierre Legrain; His son, Jacques-Anthoine Legrain; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walker; Robin Symes, London; Sotheby's, New York, An Important Collection of 20th Century Furniture A Philip Johnson Townhouse, 6 May 1989, lot 15.

Notes

cf. Y. Brunhammer, Pierre-Emile Legrain 1889-1929, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Jacques de Vos, Paris, p. 123 for an illustration of a unique leather blotter designed for César de Hauck closely related to this design and stamped Pierre Legrain.

Auction Details

20/21 Design

Christie's

December 09, 2014, 10:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, NY 10020, US

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