Jean-Michel Frank
Center Table
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Property from the Collection of Nelson Rockefeller: Eastern Traditions & Western Visions, Lot 14
19. Nov - 19. Nov 2020
Property from the Collection of Nelson Rockefeller: Eastern Traditions & Western Visions, Lot 14
19. Nov - 19. Nov 2020
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 USD
Price realised: 214.200 USD
Price realised: 214.200 USD
Description
Jean-Michel Frank
1895 - 1941
Center Table
from the Rockefeller 810 Fifth Avenue apartment
executed in 1939
executed by Chanaux & Company, Paris
oak, Turquin blue marble
impressed J.M. FRANK,CHANAUX & Co., MADE IN FRANCE and numbered 20353
27 1/4 in. (69.2 cm) high 34 1/4 in. (87 cm) diameter
Commissioned directly from the artist by Nelson Rockefeller, 1939
1895 - 1941
Center Table
from the Rockefeller 810 Fifth Avenue apartment
executed in 1939
executed by Chanaux & Company, Paris
oak, Turquin blue marble
impressed J.M. FRANK,CHANAUX & Co., MADE IN FRANCE and numbered 20353
27 1/4 in. (69.2 cm) high 34 1/4 in. (87 cm) diameter
Commissioned directly from the artist by Nelson Rockefeller, 1939
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Center Table by Jean-Michel Frank was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in November 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 50,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at USD 214,200.00 (€ 179,276.87). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Jean-Michel Frank - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Pair Of Armchairs, which sold at auction in November 2020 for USD 466,200.00 (€ 390,190.83).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Center Table von Jean-Michel Frank im November 2020 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 50.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 214.200,00 (€ 179.276,87) mehr als viermal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Jean-Michel Frank mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Pair Of Armchairs beobachtet, die im November 2020 für USD 466.200,00 (€ 390.190,83) versteigert wurde.
Jean-Michel Frank - Auction history
![Jean Michel Frank - Daybed [Lit De Repos]](/images/jean-michel-frank_daybed-lit-de-repos_AID325477_320x320.jpg)
![Jean-Michel Frank - Pagode Occasional Table [Table Pagode]](/images/jean-michel-frank_pagode-occasional-table-table-pagode_AID325476_320x320.jpg)
![Jean-Michel Frank - Pagode Occasional Table [Table Pagode]](/images/jean-michel-frank_pagode-occasional-table-table-pagode_AID325475_320x320.jpg)
![Jean-Michel Frank - Daybed [Lit De Repos]](/images/jean-michel-frank_daybed-lit-de-repos_AID325474_320x320.jpg)
![Jean-Michel Frank - Low Table [Table Basse]](/images/jean-michel-frank_low-table-table-basse_AID325468_320x320.jpg)
![Jean-Michel Frank - Croisillon Table Lamp [Lampe Croisillon]](/images/jean-michel-frank_croisillon-table-lamp-lampe-croisillon_AID325467_320x320.jpg)
![Jean Michel Frank - Pair Of Side Tables [Paire De Guéridons]](/images/jean-michel-frank_pair-of-side-tables-paire-de-gueridons_AID325465_320x320.jpg)
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