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22^' !4^"^^ Art Deco style. The oriental method of applying layer on layer of 'resins, which he had first used to decorate hammered metal vases, became his all-consuming craft. Dunand eventually had to employ up to one hundred Indo-Chinese assistants in his Paris workshop to help him complete orders for lacquer panels, screens, and furniture that flowed in from architects, artistes decorateurs, and private clients. This pair of screens, titled Battle of the Angels: Crescendo and Pianissimo, was commissioned for the music room of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon R. Guggenheim's Long
Island home. Golden airborne figures designed by Seraphin Soudbinine (1870- 1944), a favorite student of Rodin, charge through clouds interpreted by Dunand in shattered eggshell pressed into a damp layer of lacquer. Dunand was so lavish in his use of gold for angels that he was obliged to write requesting an additional 500 dollars to cover his expenditure. The heroic figural aspect of Art Deco never received great emphasis in France, but it was quickly adopted for architectural ornament in the United States, notably at Rockefeller Center. 1925-26. Lacquered wood, h. 98 in. Gift of Mrs. Solonion R. Guggenheim, 50.1023.4
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