ALEXANDRE CHARPENTIER – “DANSEUSE AU VOILE” PROFIL DROIT, 1901 – “DANSEUSE AU VOILE” PROFIL GAUCHE, 1901

“DANSEUSE AU VOILE” PROFIL DROIT, 1901 – “DANSEUSE AU VOILE” PROFIL GAUCHE, 1901
Set of two bronze plaques decorated with a bas-relief design
13.3 × 9.3 cm.

These plaques were used as decorative mounts for furniture. They can be found on a masterpiece by Charpentier, the cabinet designed to store string quartet instruments, now in the Decorative Arts Museum (inv. no. 13064-A). Two additional plaques are held in the museum’s collections.

Exhibition
Esposizione internationale d’arte, Venise 1901
SNBA 1902, n. 44
Vienne 1903
Exposition d’art français, Strasbourg, palais Rohan, 1907
SNBA 1909
The Beaux-Arts Medal in America, New York, the American Numismatic Society, 1987-88
Les XX. La Libre Esthétique. Cent ans après, Bruxelles, musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 1993-1994
Alexandre Charpentier, Naturalisme et Art Nouveau, musée d’Orsay, 2008, n. 125 and 126 in the exhibition catalogue