Dunand, Jean (1877-1942)

Creator details

Name: Dunand, Jean (1877-1942)
Nationality: Swiss
Biography: He was trained as a sculptor and later explored the potentially more lucrative field of decorative arts, particularly metalworking. He was very successful and his pieces were regularly included in important exhibitions. He used lacquer as a decorative finish for metal objects.

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Assets (42 in total)

Rabbits and Flowers; Lapins et Fleurs, 1929 (lacquered panel)

Fish, c.1925 (gouache, pen & ink on paper)

Three Storks and a Frog in a Pond, c.1930 (black lacquered wood, silver and gilt)

Games table with four matching chairs, for the Paris apartment of Madeleine Vionnet, 1929 (lacquered wood, marquetry, leather & tubular steel)

Josephine Baker, c.1927 (lacquer)

Portrait of Suzy Solidor by Jean Dunand

A lacquered Martele pewter vase, c.1929 (lacquered pewter)

Portrait of Louise Boulanger, (watercolour, charcoal, pastel, gold and silver paint on paper)

Sideboard, 1930-31 (veneered & silver flamed patinated kekwood & palwood)

A golden complexioned girl, stretched along the floor and propped up on her elbows, (paints on a lacquered wood panel)

'Les Palmiers', panels of a smoking room, c.1930 (lacquered wood)

Four panels from an eight-panel screen of Does, entitled Les Biches, c.1931 (lacquered wood screen with gold, black panelled in satinwood)

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