Seizo SUGAWARA (1884-1937)
Mask of a woman with a turban - 1928
Ebony and carved varnished wood enhanced with lacquer and silver leaf (a few holes caused by wood-eating insects).
Signed, dedicated "To my beloved friend Jean" and dated 1928.
Height : 47 cm - Width : 95 cm - Depth : 22 cm
Provenance : commissioned by Jean Henri-Labourdette in 1928.
Still in the family. Sale Beaussant-Lefèvre, Paris, December 3, 2003, private collection.
History: Jean Henri-Labourdette was an important Parisian coachbuilder, he and his wife had commissioned Jean Dunand to make their lacquered salon at the end of the 1920's.
Bibliography: Alexandra Jaffré, Seizo Sougawara Maître laqueur d'Eileen Gray, Mérode editions, 2018, our piece referenced and reproduced p. 150.
