21 - Jean-Michel FRANK (1895–1941) for Édition Casa Comte in Buenos Aires

Jean-Michel FRANK (1895–1941) for Édition Casa Comte in Buenos Aires Designed circa 1928 Blackened wrought-iron console table with a rectangular top consisting of a wooden tabletop covered in red leather. Tapered quadrangular legs. Metal label reading “Comte Buenos Aires obra presupuesto tarea seccion industrial 3800.” 79.5 x 120 x 38 cm (wear on the leather) A certificate from the Jean Michel FRANK Committee will be provided to the buyer. A blackened wrought iron console from a Casa Comte (Buenos Aires) edition of the design created by Jean-Michel Frank around 1928. Features a red leather-covered wooden top. Metal tag reading “Comte Buenos Aires obra presupuesto tarea seccion industrial 3800.” 31.30 x 47.24 x 14.97 inches (wear on the leather) Comes with a certificate from the Jean-Michel Frank Committee. Bibliography: - Mo Amelia Teitelbaum: “Jean-Michel Frank: A South American Adventure,” 2025 Archives d’architecture moderne (AAM); a console table and a bridge table featuring the same tapered blackened wrought-iron base are reproduced on pages 182 and 183. - Laure Verchère: “Jean-Michel Frank,” Assouline, New York, 2019; a variant model with a different tabletop is reproduced on the cover and on pages 138–139. - “Jean-Michel Frank, an Interior Designer in 1930s Paris,” exhibition catalog from the Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent Foundation, Paris, October 2, 2009–January 3, 2010; model reproduced on page 90. - Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier: “Jean-Michel Frank,” Norma Editions, Paris, 2006, design reproduced on page 314. - Léopold Diego Sanchez: “Jean-Michel Frank,” Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1997, design reproduced on page 221. - *Harper’s Bazaar*, July 1935, gouache by Jean Hugo illustrating the living room of André Meyer’s apartment, featuring a coffee table of the same design (NP)