EUGENE PRINTZ (1889-1948) Table Bibliothèquecirca 1930solid walnut, bronze, stamped E. PRINTZ to undersideheight 23 5/8in (60cm); width 27in (69cm); depth 27in (69cm) (closed)

EUGENE PRINTZ (1889-1948)
Table Bibliothèquecirca 1930solid walnut, bronze, stamped E. PRINTZ to undersideheight 23 5/8in (60cm); width 27in (69cm); depth 27in (69cm) (closed)

ProvenancePrivate collection, Versailles, FranceDrouot, Paris, December 2015Collection of Philippe Morateur, Los AngelesLiteratureSimilar models illustrated: Galerie Printz, 'Meubles Objets D'Art', No. 1, 1934Henri Clouzot, 'L'intérieur moderne, reflet de la vie', l'illustration No. 4708, May 27, 1933, p.12René Chavance, 'Eugène Printz', Mobilier et Decoration No. 2, February 1931 p.48 & p.51'Le bureau-bibliothèque et le cabinet de travail', Art et Décoration, March 1933, p.65Guy Bujon and Jean-Jacques Dutko, 'Eugène Printz', Paris, 1986, pp. 116-117, 132-133 and 249Anne Bony, 'Les années 20', Vol. 2, Paris, 1989, p. 973'Eugène Printz, Möbel 1927-1946', exhibition catalogue, Galerie Claude Art Déco, Cologne, October 17 - December 17, 2005, pp. 56-57Alastair Duncan, 'Encyclopédie des arts décoratifs des années vingt et trente', Paris, 2010, p. 69The same model, in palm wood, was exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris, in 1928. Referred to by Galerie Printz in 1934 as a Table à trois elements, en noyer, (three part table in walnut), they describe that when closed it forms a hexagonal shape, when open three lozenge-shaped tables, that it is very portable and can be arranged in numerous ways. Deceptively simple and exquisitely made, the present lot is a fine and sought after example of Printz's innovative modernist designs.