ALEXANDRE CHARPENTIER – WINE JUG, 1897
WINE JUG, 1897
Glazed porcelain
Signed and dated 1897. Numbered 2
Height: 25 cm
From a limited edition of 20 copies distributed by Marty, the printer of L’Estampe originale, each sold for 20 francs
Exhibition
SNBA 1893 (model in pewter)
Les Cinq, Paris 1896, n. 17
Alexandre Charpentier – Naturalisme et Art Nouveau, Paris, musée d’Orsay, 23 January- 13 April 2008 et Bruxelles, musée communal d’Ixelles, 29 May – 31 August 2008, n. 180 in the exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 175
Bibliography
J. Acheroni, Salon de 1893 – The Triumph of Pewter, Le Bambou, no. IV, illustrated periodical, pewter model illustrated p. 97
G. Mourey, The Decorative Art Movement in Paris, The Studio, March 1897, vol. X, n. 48, ill. p. 125
Madeleine Charpentier-Darcy, Introduction à l’art d’Alexandre Charpentier. Catalogue sommaire de l’oeuvre (sculpture – art décoratif), Bulletin de la Société de l’Histoire de l’art français, 1996, published 1997, ADc 45, p. 225 and manuscript
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics / An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015,
ill. p. 105