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MICHEL ZADOUNAÏSKY (1903-1983) Trois Serpents1934monumental, wrought iron with fine martelé finish, formed of three snakes; an anaconda, boa and royal python wrapped around a poppy, cactus and foliage, the whole resting on a stepped geometric base, height 98 1/2in (250cm); width 67in (170cm); 38 1/2in (97.5cm) image 1
MICHEL ZADOUNAÏSKY (1903-1983) Trois Serpents1934monumental, wrought iron with fine martelé finish, formed of three snakes; an anaconda, boa and royal python wrapped around a poppy, cactus and foliage, the whole resting on a stepped geometric base, height 98 1/2in (250cm); width 67in (170cm); 38 1/2in (97.5cm) image 2
MICHEL ZADOUNAÏSKY (1903-1983) Trois Serpents1934monumental, wrought iron with fine martelé finish, formed of three snakes; an anaconda, boa and royal python wrapped around a poppy, cactus and foliage, the whole resting on a stepped geometric base, height 98 1/2in (250cm); width 67in (170cm); 38 1/2in (97.5cm) image 3
MICHEL ZADOUNAÏSKY (1903-1983) Trois Serpents1934monumental, wrought iron with fine martelé finish, formed of three snakes; an anaconda, boa and royal python wrapped around a poppy, cactus and foliage, the whole resting on a stepped geometric base, height 98 1/2in (250cm); width 67in (170cm); 38 1/2in (97.5cm) image 4
MICHEL ZADOUNAÏSKY (1903-1983) Trois Serpents1934monumental, wrought iron with fine martelé finish, formed of three snakes; an anaconda, boa and royal python wrapped around a poppy, cactus and foliage, the whole resting on a stepped geometric base, height 98 1/2in (250cm); width 67in (170cm); 38 1/2in (97.5cm) image 5
MICHEL ZADOUNAÏSKY (1903-1983) Trois Serpents1934monumental, wrought iron with fine martelé finish, formed of three snakes; an anaconda, boa and royal python wrapped around a poppy, cactus and foliage, the whole resting on a stepped geometric base, height 98 1/2in (250cm); width 67in (170cm); 38 1/2in (97.5cm) image 6
MICHEL ZADOUNAÏSKY (1903-1983) Trois Serpents1934monumental, wrought iron with fine martelé finish, formed of three snakes; an anaconda, boa and royal python wrapped around a poppy, cactus and foliage, the whole resting on a stepped geometric base, height 98 1/2in (250cm); width 67in (170cm); 38 1/2in (97.5cm) image 7
MICHEL ZADOUNAÏSKY (1903-1983) Trois Serpents1934monumental, wrought iron with fine martelé finish, formed of three snakes; an anaconda, boa and royal python wrapped around a poppy, cactus and foliage, the whole resting on a stepped geometric base, height 98 1/2in (250cm); width 67in (170cm); 38 1/2in (97.5cm) image 8
MICHEL ZADOUNAÏSKY (1903-1983) Trois Serpents1934monumental, wrought iron with fine martelé finish, formed of three snakes; an anaconda, boa and royal python wrapped around a poppy, cactus and foliage, the whole resting on a stepped geometric base, height 98 1/2in (250cm); width 67in (170cm); 38 1/2in (97.5cm) image 9
MICHEL ZADOUNAÏSKY (1903-1983) Trois Serpents1934monumental, wrought iron with fine martelé finish, formed of three snakes; an anaconda, boa and royal python wrapped around a poppy, cactus and foliage, the whole resting on a stepped geometric base, height 98 1/2in (250cm); width 67in (170cm); 38 1/2in (97.5cm) image 10
MICHEL ZADOUNAÏSKY (1903-1983) Trois Serpents1934monumental, wrought iron with fine martelé finish, formed of three snakes; an anaconda, boa and royal python wrapped around a poppy, cactus and foliage, the whole resting on a stepped geometric base, height 98 1/2in (250cm); width 67in (170cm); 38 1/2in (97.5cm) image 11
MICHEL ZADOUNAÏSKY (1903-1983) Trois Serpents1934monumental, wrought iron with fine martelé finish, formed of three snakes; an anaconda, boa and royal python wrapped around a poppy, cactus and foliage, the whole resting on a stepped geometric base, height 98 1/2in (250cm); width 67in (170cm); 38 1/2in (97.5cm) image 12
Lot 31W

MICHEL ZADOUNAÏSKY (1903-1983)
Trois Serpents
1934
monumental, wrought iron with fine martelé finish, formed of three snakes; an anaconda, boa and royal python wrapped around a poppy, cactus and foliage, the whole resting on a stepped geometric base,
height 98 1/2in (250cm); width 67in (170cm); 38 1/2in (97.5cm)

17 December 2020, 11:00 EST
New York

US$80,000 - US$120,000

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MICHEL ZADOUNAÏSKY (1903-1983)

Trois Serpents
1934
monumental, wrought iron with fine martelé finish, formed of three snakes; an anaconda, boa and royal python wrapped around a poppy, cactus and foliage, the whole resting on a stepped geometric base,
height 98 1/2in (250cm); width 67in (170cm); 38 1/2in (97.5cm)

Footnotes

Provenance
Collection of Viscount Vicomte de la Croix-Laval, Château de Noailles
Marc-Arthur Kohn, Cannes, November 10, 2008, lot 84
Aguttes, Paris, December 12, 2014, lot 197

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