Edgar Brandt
Firescreen

Firescreen

© Estate of Edgar Brandt/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Firescreen
Firescreen
ArtistFrench, 1880–1960
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Firescreen
Datec. 1925
PlaceFrance
MediumWrought iron and gilding
DimensionsOverall: 37 1/4 × 48 3/16 × 9in. (94.6 × 122.4 × 22.9cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Design Council, 2001
Object number2001.257
Not on view

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Provenance[Barry Friedman, Ltd., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2001.
Exhibition History"Defining Modern: European Design 1890-1935," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 26, 2001–November 11, 2001.

"Celebrating 10 Years of the Design Council," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 23, 2008–January 4, 2009.

"The Jazz Age: Art and Decoration in 1920s America," Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, April 7–August 20, 2017; Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, September 30, 2017–January 14, 2018.

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