Provenance:

Félix Marcilhac, Paris.

Christie's, New York, sale of June 12, 2003, lot 43.

Acquired directly from the above by the present owner.

Literature:

Félix Marcilhac, Jean Dunand: His Life and Works, 1991, p. 149, Dunand in his atelier working on the design for the "Harvest" mural, circa 1936. See also p. 330, nos. 1229-1231, variant lacquer panels on the same theme illustrated, and no. 1232, a tapestry cartoon for "Ploughing" also in gouache.

Lot Note:

The present lot relates to Dunand's monumental 18-panel incised gold lacquer mural, created for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques Appliqués à la Vie Moderne in Paris in 1937. Other smaller versions were also produced after 1937.