André Arbus, Medusa cabinet
André Arbus (1903-1969)
Sycamore cabinet
Circa 1940
Cabinet in varnished sycamore, decorated with a Vadim Androusov bronze.
The clean-cut body opens with two panels onto a serie of shelves.
A moulding is up the top while a half-moon belt on the bottom gives rhythm to the whole design. A bronze bangle highlights this curve.
The piece standing on four conic legs ending with bronze blangles.
On the center, the fingers plate hiding the lock is a true bronze sculpture depicting a Medusa face.
Height 180 cm (70 ¾ in) - Width 124 cm (48 3⁄4 in) - Depth 47 cm (18 1⁄2 in)
Literature:
- Archives André Arbus, Galerie Chastel-Maréchal
- Mobilier et décoration, octobre 1938, pp 358, for a similar design
- André Arbus, Architecte décorateur des années 40, par Yvonne Brunhammer, Editions Norma, Paris, 2003, pp 42, 174 for similar models, pp 65 for the same bronze by Androusov.
