Model "Type 43"

Modernist desk lamp made of cut aluminum blades, ebonite, and Bakelite, featuring an adjustable hemispherical shade.

Signed with a stylus: "JLC 1986."

This model was exhibited at the 21st Salon d'Automne in Paris in 1928, as well as in the D.I.M. store in 1929. Robert Mallet-Stevens selected it for the decor of Delza's jeweler shop. An identical model is part of the collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.

The model we present was likely created by Élisabeth Fouché under the direction of Jacques Le Chevallier in 1986 for the exhibition organized in 1987 by Maxime Defert at the MC2 Gallery, located at 22 Place St-André-des-Arts, 75006 Paris.

Bibliography:

• Jean-François ARCHIERI, "Jacques Le Chevallier 1896-1987, la lumière moderne", Éditions Gourcuff Gradenigo, Paris, 2007, pp. 81, 86, and 87.
• Anne BONY, "Les Années 30", Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1987, p. 967.
• Alastair DUNCAN, "Le Luminaire Art Nouveau et Art Déco", Bibliothèque des Arts, Paris, 1980, similar model reproduced on p. 113.
• “L'Amour de l'Art”, December 1928, p. 477.
• “L'Art Vivant”, December 15, 1928, p. 959.
• Studio Year Book, 1930, p. 170.
• Le Métal d’Art International d’Aujourd’hui by Jean Prouvé, Charles Moreau Edition, Paris, p. 7, No. 9.

The model we present was likely created by Élisabeth Fouché under the direction of Jacques Le Chevallier in 1986 for the exhibition organized in 1987 by Maxime Defert at the MC2 Gallery, located at 22 Place St-André-des-Arts, 75006 Paris.

Provenance:
Former Lelion collection.