Furniture
MARTELL GALLERY
TRAVAIL ART DÉCO
Art Deco screen , 1960
Lacquer, gold leaf
Location: Madrid
Location: Madrid
200 cm Height x 180 cm Width
A2138
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Four‑fold Art Deco screen in lacquered wood, conceived as a large-scale abstract composition in black, vermilion red, ivory and gilt. Each leaf forms part of a continuous, asymmetrical design of...
Four‑fold Art Deco screen in lacquered wood, conceived as a large-scale abstract composition in black, vermilion red, ivory and gilt. Each leaf forms part of a continuous, asymmetrical design of intersecting diagonals, stacked rectangles and saw‑tooth zigzags, giving the surface a rhythmic, almost cinematic sense of movement. The high‑gloss black ground acts as a deep field in which planes of red and ivory appear to slice across the surface, while broad flashes of gold leaf introduce a luxurious, light‑catching accent typical of high-style Art Deco. The geometry is handled in a manner that evokes avant‑garde graphics and stage sets of the late 1920s, yet remains rigorously decorative, calibrated to read coherently whether the screen is partially folded or fully extended. Functioning both as a movable architectural partition and as a wall‑scale abstract painting, the piece would have been conceived to animate a modern interior with color, sheen and sharply modern dynamism.
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