The Les Cagnas lacquer screen will be the fourth Visiting Artwork to be exhibited in the galleries of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Coming from the Musée des Arts décoratifs in Paris, this Art Deco work, signed by Jean Dunand, will be exhibited for the first time in the China and Japan gallery alongside the roe deer screen, which belongs to the Gulbenkian Museum collection and was also made by Jean Dunand.

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Dunand, born in Switzerland, was an artist and creator who developed his talent in various fields of the arts. In 1912 he discovered lacquer, which would transform his mode of working. Like Eileen Gray, he honed this art and technique with the Japanese master lacquer artist Seizo Sugawara and became one of the main western artists to excel in the technique of oriental lacquer work.