About the Artwork
Cabinet from the Suite "La Mer"
ca. 1910
Louis Majorelle
1859-1926
French
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Mahogany case, oak interior, various exotic wood veneers, mother-of-pearl, wrought iron mounts, glass shelves
Overall: 79 1/2 × 49 × 16 inches (201.9 × 124.5 × 40.6 cm)
Furniture
European Modern Art to 1970
Gift of Richard A. Manoogian
1994.126
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Markings
Signed, in marquetry, on the lower right corner of the backboard: L. Majorelle
Provenance
Feldstein Collection (Los Angeles, California, USA);(Barry Friedman, Ltd., New York, New York, USA);
Richard Manoogian (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA);
1994-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Barnet, P., M. Wilkinson. Highlights from Private Collections in Detroit. Exh. cat. DIA. Detroit, 1993, p. 88.
Darr, A., T. Albainy. "Acquisitions of European sculpture and decorative arts at the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1988 - 1999." The Burlington Magazine 142 (June 2000): p. 412, no. 26 (color ill.).
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Louis Majorelle, Cabinet from the Suite "La Mer", ca. 1910, mahogany case, oak interior, various exotic wood veneers, mother-of-pearl, wrought iron mounts, glass shelves. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Richard A. Manoogian, 1994.126.
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