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Pierre Legrain: Cigarette case   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Pierre Legrain  (1889–1929)  wikidata:Q1812529
 
Pierre Legrain
Alternative names
Pierre-Emile Legrain
Description French sculptor, cabinetmaker, bookbinder, illustrator and designer
Date of birth/death 2 October 1889 Edit this at Wikidata 17 July 1929 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Levallois-Perret Edit this at Wikidata Paris Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q1812529
Title
Cigarette case
Description
English: Snake skin cigarette case designed by Pierre Legrain. Detail of the snake skin. For more details, see https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/481983
Date circa 1925
date QS:P571,+1925-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium Snake skin, dyed and tooled leather, gold leaf
Dimensions H. 3-1/8, W. 2-1/2, D. 1-1/8 in. (7.9 x 6.4 x 2.9 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Modern and Contemporary Art
Accession number
1979.317.3ab
Object history Mrs. Germain Seligman, New York (until 1979; her gift to MMA)
Exhibition history

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Art Deco Paris," June 8, 2004–February 6, 2005, no catalogue.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Masterpieces of French Art Deco," August 4, 2009–January 23, 2011, no catalogue.
Credit line Gift of Mrs. Germain Seligman, 1979
Inscriptions Signed (on inner box, stamped in gold): PIERRE LEGRAIN
References

Jared Goss. French Art Deco. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 2014, pp. pp. 134–35, 258, no. 35c, ill. (color, overall).

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English: Cigarette Case, designed by Pierre Legrain (MET, 1979.317.3ab) Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
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