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Floating Stones

“We are the fi rst gallery to bring Jean Brand’s work to New York City. Brand started Atelier Janus in the early 1960s in Paris, where he experimented with resin, plastic, and fi berglass. Brand was a master craftsman, and his production numbers are low. We found three of his early 1970s resin tables on a recent trip to Europe. They are made of monochromatic stones that are encased in clear resin. The tables have a real wow factor—we’d never seen anything like them. As you stare at them you begin to see the handmade qualities such as the irregularities in the shape and the ripples in the surface. The stones look like they’re floating in water.”
Sean Robins, Galerie Van den Akker, New York City