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ATTRIBUTED TO EDGAR BRANDT (1880-1960) Firescreencirca 1926wrought iron, apparently adapted from a gateheight 30in (76cm); width 36in (92cm); depth 5in (12.5cm) image 1
ATTRIBUTED TO EDGAR BRANDT (1880-1960) Firescreencirca 1926wrought iron, apparently adapted from a gateheight 30in (76cm); width 36in (92cm); depth 5in (12.5cm) image 2
ATTRIBUTED TO EDGAR BRANDT (1880-1960) Firescreencirca 1926wrought iron, apparently adapted from a gateheight 30in (76cm); width 36in (92cm); depth 5in (12.5cm) image 3
Lot 39W

ATTRIBUTED TO EDGAR BRANDT (1880-1960)
Firescreen
circa 1926
wrought iron, apparently adapted from a gate
height 30in (76cm); width 36in (92cm); depth 5in (12.5cm)

17 December 2020, 11:00 EST
New York

Sold for US$31,562.50 inc. premium

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ATTRIBUTED TO EDGAR BRANDT (1880-1960)

Firescreen
circa 1926
wrought iron, apparently adapted from a gate
height 30in (76cm); width 36in (92cm); depth 5in (12.5cm)

Footnotes

The dancing figures and decorative scrolling cartouches display close parallels to Edgar Brandt's designs for a three panel screen designed in 1926, as well as a fire screen that was executed a year earlier for the Paris Exposition.

Literature
Joan Kahr, 'Edgar Brandt: Art Deco Ironwork', Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2010, p. 123 (closely related design illustrated)

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