Jean DUNAND (lacquerer) & André NIVARD (From... Lot 1

Jean DUNAND (lacquerer) & André NIVARD (From a carton by) (1877-1942 & 1880-1969) "Mappemonde" or "L'Atlantique" - circa 1935-1937 Polychrome panel with relief decoration after an original cartoon by André Nivard Signed lower right "Laqueur Jean Dunand" and lower left "André Nivard". A polychromed panel "Mappemonde" or "L'Atlantique" by Jean Dunand, based on an original design by André Nivard, signed - circa 1935-1937 77.17 × 61.02 in. 195 x 155 cm Provenance: - Pierre Comar Collection, original commissioner of the panel ; - By descent to the present owners Bibliography: Félix Marcilhac, Amélie Marcilhac, Jean Dunand, Éditions Norma, Paris, 2020, our model reproduced and referenced as n°311 pp.280 and 281 At the end of the 19th century, Charles & Léon Comar developed the family laboratory into a leading chemical and pharmaceutical production company. This expansion was further enhanced by the purchase of the Clin laboratory in 1897. Taking advantage of technical advances and new means of communication, the Clin-Comar company rapidly exported its products all over the world. In 1905, the Clin-Comar prize was awarded to the world's best medical students. Cinnozyl, a drug developed after the First World War to combat tuberculosis, became one of the laboratory's flagship products. The Clin-Comar group became Clin-Byla in the 1950s, then Clin-Midy in 1971, before leading to today's Sanofi group. André Nivard, the official painter of the French Navy and Air Force, well known for his ultra-marine landscapes, was commissioned to create the cardboard for our panel. This commission from the Comar family concentrates many symbols: Sainte-Geneviève, protector against disasters and epidemics, radiates around the world from Paris; medicinal plants are evoked by gentians, foxgloves and poppies, as are serums by the confronted snakes, well-known medical symbols since Antiquity; pharmaceutical science and chemical progress are illustrated by the collection of microscopes and alembics, as well as the medicine jar captioned "Acet Cupr" for copper acetate, recognized since time immemorial for its antiseptic virtues. Jean DUNAND (lacquerer) & André NIVARD (Based on a carton by) (1877-1942 & 1880-1969) 195 x 155 cm