Jorge Born, Buenos Aires, circa 1939
Private collection
Christie's, New York, "Important 20th Century Decorative Art & Design Including Magnificent Tiffany," December 14, 2012, lot 56
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank: The Strange and Subtle Luxury of the Parisian Haute-Monde in the Art Deco Period, New York, 2012, p. 343 for a similar example
Emmanuel Guigon, ed., Bijoux d'Artistes: une collection, Milan, 2012, p. 92 for the bird