SALVADOR DALÍ (1904-1989) POUR JEAN-MICHEL FRANK (1895-1941)

Dalí, the model designed circa [1931-32] Base for the eponymous lamp; a rectangular pedestal hollowed out in the center and accommodating a wide-open, movable, flattened sphere. Plaster, metal rods. Early 1930s edition. Height: 21 cm - Length: 28.5 cm - Width: 24 cm Missing the wicker basket (forming a lampshade), the plaster cone, the ivory bead; accidents, cracks and fractures notably on the base, parts repainted. 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). Archive: A photocopy of a photograph taken in situ at Jean and Violet Henson's estate in the early 1930s, featuring our Dalí Lamp (complete at the time) and the Anglo-American couple surrounded by friends, will be given to the purchaser. Bibliography and related works - Harper's Bazaar - April 1933. An identical model, complete with plaster cone and wicker shade, reproduced on page 47. - Harper's Bazaar - June 1935. An identical model, complete with plaster cone and wicker shade, is reproduced on page 138 - Alberto et Diego Giacometti - Catalogue for the exhibition of the Edward James collection at Galerie l'Arc en Seine, Paris (October 6 - December 15, 1994). An identical model, complete with plaster cone and wicker shade, is reproduced on page 27. - Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier - Jean-Michel Frank, l'étrange luxe du rien - Éditions Norma, Paris, 2006. An identical model, complete with plaster cone and wicker shade, reproduced on pages 61, 198-199, 250 and 284. - Christian Boutonnet and Rafaël Ortiz - Diego Giacometti - Éditions de l'Amateur and Galerie L'Arc en Seine, Paris, 2003. An identical model, in pair, complete with plaster cone and wicker shade, reproduced on page 27. - Surreal Things, Surrealism and Design - Catalogue of the touring exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (March 29 - July 22, 2007); Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (September 29, 2007 - January 6, 2008); Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao (March 3 - September 7, 2008), V&A Publications, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2007. An identical model, complete with plaster cone and wicker shade, is reproduced on page 197. - 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. An identical model, complete with plaster cone and wicker shade, is reproduced on pages 78 and 85. - Marisa Berenson - Elsa Schiaparelli's Private Album - Éditions Double-Barrelled Books, London, 2014. An identical model, complete with plaster cone and wicker shade, is reproduced on page 154 in a period photograph of the basement of Elsa Schiaparelli's mansion on rue de Berri in Paris.