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"La Fontaine" ("The Fountain") Fire Screen

Designer Edgar Brandt French
ca. 1924
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: "La Fontaine" ("The Fountain") Fire Screen
  • Designer: Edgar Brandt (French, Paris 1880–1960)
  • Date: ca. 1924
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Iron
  • Dimensions: 35 5/8 × 30 1/4 × 9 1/4 in. (90.5 × 76.8 × 23.5 cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Iron
  • Credit Line: Gift of Cheney Brothers, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.211
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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