“LEDA”, CIRCA 1890
Enamel on copper representing Leda and the Swan, probably after the model by Leonardo da Vinci
Original black wooden frame highlighted with gold
Signed lower right and left and bearing a label Email de A. Garnier – Léda at the back
32 x 26 cm.
VASE “POISSONS”, CIRCA 1900
Celadon earthenware
Signed by both artists
29.5 cm.
Exhibition Musée Galliéra – Exposition des Grès, Faïences, Terres Cuites et leurs Applications, 1911 Vase Poissons, composition de Carrière (Exhibited by la maison TOY, 10, rue de la Paix, Paris)
A “SAFRAN” VASE, CIRCA 1900
Silver gilt and blue enamel
With silversmith marks
21 cm. high
Exhibition Société des Artistes Français, 1899
Exposition Universelle, 1900
Bibliography Paul Vitry, L’Orfèvrerie à l’Exposition, Art et Décoration, December 1900, ill. p. 174 L’Orfèvrerie aux Salons de 1901, Revue de la Bijouterie, de la Joaillerie et de l’Orfèvrerie, August 1901, ill. p. 130
VASE, CIRCA 1905
Repoussé copper with brown patina
Signed underneath and bearing the inscription Edité par l’auteur à dix exemplaires numérotés. N°1
12 cm. high
16.4 cm. diameter
Exhibition Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1905
Bibliography Art et Décoration, August 1905, ill. p. 47 La Décoration Moderne, XIIIème année, ill. pl. 102
PLATE, CIRCA 1900
Hammered copper with silver inlays decoration, a cicada in relief
Signed underneath H. Husson, stamped with the artist’s monogram
25.2 x 4.2 cm.
“WOMAN IN LANDSCAPE AT SUNSET”, CIRCA 1889
Enamel on copper, after a design by Gustave Moreau
Signed lower left Garnier Grandhomme inv.
and marked on the reverse Grandhomme Garnier / Emailleurs / 1889 / Paris
8 x 12.5 cm.
Bibliography
Taxile Doat, Causerie d'un émailleur, Revue des Arts Décoratifs, 1891, ill. p. 78
Earthenware vase decorated with low-fired iridescent glaze
Signed underneath KG/Lunéville/Bussière
Bibliography L’Estampille L’Objet d’Art, n. 349, Ernest Bussière, la redécouverte d’un céramiste Art nouveau, p. 26 to p. 29
Exhibition Exposition de l’alliance provinciale des industries et d’art de l’école de Nancy, Pavillon de Marsan, Paris, 1903 Céramiques végétales – Ernest Bussière et l’art nouveau, musée de l’école de Nancy, 2000, ill. p. 49, n. 27 Die Jugend Der Moderne, Villa Stuck, Munich, 28 October 2010 – 23 January 2011, ill. p. 105, n. 88
“LA VIGNE”, CIRCA 1900
Bronze with brown patina; the base in marble
Signed, with foundry mark and numbered 13
18 cm. high
With the base: 20.5 cm. high
The base: 8 x 8 x 2.4 cm.
Bibliography
Raymond Huard, Jules Desbois, ill. p. 65
TRIPTYCH “LES SURPRISES DE L’AMOUR”, CIRCA 1900
Patinated gilt bronze
Signed bottom right on each panel, stamped E SOLEAU PARIS and numbered 29
33.4 x 16.3 cm.