Lacquer, crushed egg shells Spanish tropical mountain landscape folding Screen by Gaston Priou

Spanish tropical mountain landscape on a three panel screen, polychrome lacquer, crushed egg shells (coquille d'oeuf), gold leaf/powder, gesso on plywood support, brass hinges, each panel 80-1/4 x 39-1/2 x 1-3/4 in. France:circa 1930, Provenance: The Sybarites Gallery, London, purchased 1970 (label verso Seabrite [sic] Gallery); Purchased by the Frank L. Babbott Fund for the Brooklyn Museum of Art collection; Property from the Brooklyn Museum Literature: Dr. J.C. Mardus, "Histoire de L'Adolescente de L'Ile de Cristal" in L'Illustration, Noel, 1933. The Noel 1933 issue of the magazine L'Illustration includes an article and illustrations of Gaston Priou's work, which substantiates the attribution of this screen to Priou. A copy of this issue is in the Brooklyn Museum's collection (75.48).

width

118.5

height

80.25 in.

depth

1.75