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Emil Lettré

Hanau 1876 – 1954 Berlin

“Wandspiegel“. 1920/21

Silver, embossed; mirror glass with mercury coating; wood; red felt. 54,5 × 50,5 cm (21 ½ × 19 ⅞ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Emil Lettré. “Wandspiegel“. 1920/21.

Estimate:

EUR 6,000

 

- 8,000

USD 7,070

 

- 9,420

Sold for:

12,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 2017

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 30.11.2017

Information

Silver, embossed; mirror glass with mercury coating; wood; red felt. 54,5 × 50,5 cm (21 ½ × 19 ⅞ in.). On the right on a rivet the master's mark: L in a circle.

Comparable object and related literature: G. H: Edelmetall und Juwelen von Emil Lettré. In: Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol. 59 (1926/27), p. 78f., p. 79 (slightly different model) / Richard Werner: Haus Emil Lettré von Prof. Eduard Pfeiffer. In: Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol. 61 (1927/28), p. 368–374, ill. p. 371 (over the fireplace in the living room).

Emil Lettré, Berlin (made 1928 for the shop on Unter den Linden) / estate Emil Lettré

Die Berliner Goldschmiede Emil Lettré und Herbert Zeitner, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau, 2010 (no catalogue)

Emil Lettré: Juwelen einst und jetzt. Potsdam, 1946, no page numbers

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