Jacques Adnet - Design London Wednesday, June 30, 2021 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Christie’s, Paris, ‘Les Collections du Château de Gourdon: Chefs-d’œuvre du XXème siècle', 29 March 2011, lot 32
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Literature

    ‘Éclairages’, Art et Industrie, no. 1, January 1929, p. 30
    Guillaume Janneau, Le Luminaire et les Moyens d'Éclairage Nouveaux, 2ème série, 1930, pl. 1 for a larger version of the model
    Alain-René Hardy and Gaëlle Millet, Jacques Adnet, Paris, 2009, p. 246

Property from an Important European Collection

32

Rare ceiling light

circa 1929
Nickel-plated metal, glass.
88.5 x 83 x 83.5 cm (34 7/8 x 32 5/8 x 32 7/8 in.)

Estimate
£45,000 - 65,000 

Sold for £63,000

Contact Specialist

Antonia King

Head of Sale, Design

Antonia.King@phillips.com

 

Design

London Auction 30 June 2021