JEAN-MICHEL FRANK (1895-1941).

U-shaped coffee table. Entirely upholstered in fawn-colored leather checks (by Hermès) on a wooden lath core. Circa 1935. Signed and numbered J-M. FRANK - CHANAUX & Cie 37 on a leather strip glued to the underside of one of the legs. Height: 45.5 cm - Length: 60 cm - Width: 40 cm Damage, missing parts, stains, significant traces of moisture at the base of each leg, used condition. Provenance and history : Jean and Violet Henson Collection (1894-1974) (1887-1971). Probably received as a gift from Jean-Michel Frank (cf. Jean Henson, A time for réflexion, éditions Somogy, Paris, 1949, page 194). Bibliography and related works: - Art et Industrie - N° 5 of May 1930. Variations, sheathed in brown shagreen, featured in Charles Templeton Crocker's San Francisco apartment decorated by Jean-Michel Frank, reproduced on page 14. - Art et Décoration - N° 3, March 1936. Variations on sheathing, featured in Charles Templeton Crocker's San Francisco apartment decorated by Jean-Michel Frank, reproduced on page 93. - Jean-Michel Frank, Adolphe Chanaux: Aux sources du XXe siècle II, Intérieurs - Catalogue of the 1990 exhibition at Galerie Jacques de Vos, Paris, Éditions Galerie Jacques de Vos, Paris, 1990. A variant in shagreen (former Madame Chanaux collection) reproduced on page 29. - Léopold Diego Sanchez - Jean-Michel Frank - Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1997. Numerous variants, sheathed in parchment or shagreen, reproduced on pages 37 and 96-97 (Hôtel des Noailles), 108, 124-125, 128 (Monsieur Spitzer's library), 129 (chez Chanaux), 160, 200-204, 207, and 213. - Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier - Jean-Michel Frank, l'étrange luxe du rien - Éditions Norma, Paris, 2006. Numerous variants, sheathed in parchment or shagreen, reproduced on pages 43, 45, 56-57 (Lefébure), 96-97 and 101 (Hôtel des Noailles), 106 (Elsa Schiaparelli), 128 (Tempelton Crocker), 159 (Artaud), 184 (model created for Nelson Rockefeller), 225 (Chanaux), 259, 289, 301, 317 and 319. - Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier - Jean-Michel Frank : un décorateur dans le Paris des années 30 - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint-Laurent, Paris (October 2, 2009 - January 3, 2010), Éditions Norma, Paris, 2009. Numerous variants, sheathed in parchment or shagreen, reproduced on pages 25, 37 (Hôtel des Noailles), 58 (Madame Artaud's apartment), and 67 (rue de Verneuil, Jean-Michel Frank's home).