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Paul-Etienne Sain lacquer folding screen
Paul-Etienne Saïn,
Paul-Etienne Saïn,
Paul-Etienne Saïn,
Paul-Etienne Saïn,

Paul-Etienne Saïn French, 1904-1995

"Singes" Folding Screen, 1930
Golden cellulose lacquer (Duco), original gild bronze hinges
Width per panel: 25.4 in.
Total width: 101.6 in.
Height: 70.9 in.
signed "E.Paul Sain"

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Exceptional Singes (Monkey) folding screen, Its four panels are decorated with judge monkeys (because of their white beards) from Parisian Jardin des Plantes, ' Garden of the Plants . ”...
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Exceptional Singes (Monkey) folding screen, Its four panels are decorated with judge monkeys (because of their white beards) from Parisian Jardin des Plantes, "Garden of the Plants.”

By winning the gold medal at Salon des Artistes Français, our Singe folding screen launched

Saïn’s career. Multiple public and private commissions followed and soon the artist was working on major projects like the Normandie liner interiors where he collaborated with Jules Leleu, André Ardus and Jacques Quinet, amongst others.

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Provenance

Private collection, Belgium Former Mrs. Lesage collection

Exhibitions

Salon des Artistes Français 1930, Applied arts section, gold medal.

Publications

Reproduced in La saga des Saïn by Raphaël Merindol Ed. Aubanel 1989 p. 70. Galerie Lefebvre Archives for a view of the screen in the studio with the artist.

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