HENRI NAVARRE – VASE, CIRCA 1930
VASE, CIRCA 1930
Transparent bubble-glass vase, hand tooled in a hot state, with applied side decorations
Signed underneath with an engraved signature
Height: 22.5 cm
ALEXANDRE CHARPENTIER – “FEMME ENTRANT DANS SA BAIGNOIRE” or “FEMME MONTANT DANS SA BAIGNOIRE” or “Le Bain”, AFTER 1891
“FEMME ENTRANT DANS SA BAIGNOIRE” or “FEMME MONTANT DANS SA BAIGNOIRE” or “Le Bain”, AFTER 1891
Pewter
Signed Alexandre Charpentier
Height: 17 cm.
Width: 13 cm.
Similar model, unsigned, 17.1 x 13.1 cm., Paris, Musée d’Orsay, inv. n. MEDOR 246
Exhibition
Paris, musée d’Orsay, 22 January – 13 April 2008, ill. p. 163, n. 162
GILLET & BRIANCHON – VASE, CIRCA 1900
VASE, CIRCA 1900
Stoneware
Height: 32.5 cm.
Diameter: 19 cm.
LEO LAPORTE BLAIRSY – EUGENE HOUDEBINE – LETTER OPENER, CIRCA 1900
LETTER OPENER, CIRCA 1900
Gilt bronze letter opener depicting a nymph hiding her face, with the blade shaped as stylized foliage
Signed
Length: 29 cm.
Exhibition
Salon des Artistes Français, Paris, 1902 – Decorative Arts Department
ALEXANDRE CHARPENTIER – “FEMME A LA VAGUE or LA VAGUE or BAIGNEUSE PORTEE PAR UNE VAGUE”, 1901
“FEMME A LA VAGUE or LA VAGUE or BAIGNEUSE PORTEE PAR UNE VAGUE”, 1901
Patinated bronze
Signed with the monogram at the top right
16.4 x 23.1 cm.
Identical model at the musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, inv. n. 15946
Exhibition
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1902, n. 44
International Exhibition of Contemporary Medals, New York, American Numismatic Society, 1910
Musée d’Orsay, Alexandre Charpentier / Naturalisme et Art Nouveau, 22 January – 13 April 2008,
ill. p. 164 n. 166 in the exhibition catalogue
Musée d’Orsay, La médaille en France aux XIXe et XXe siècles, 11 December 2012 – 9 June 2013 (Example in the Musée d’Orsay)
Bibliography
Forrer Leonard, Biographical dictionary of medallists, vol. VII (sup. A-L), Londres, 1923
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 in 1997, p. 227
Madeleine Charpentier-Darcy, Alexandre Charpentier. Les papiers gaufrés, Nouvelles de l’estampe,
n. 166, October-November 1999, p. 17, n. 8
Anne Rivière et Bruno Gaudichon, Camille Claudel (1864 – 1943). Au miroir de l’art nouveau, 2014
C. BLEICH – VASE, CIRCA 1900
VASE, CIRCA 1900
Copper vase with a hammered and incised decoration featuring leaves and small flowers
Signed
Height: 25.3 cm.
FELICIEN ROPS – “ACCOUPLEMENT PREHISTORIQUE, LA CHASSE A LA FEMELLE”, 1887
“ACCOUPLEMENT PREHISTORIQUE, LA CHASSE A LA FEMELLE”, 1887
Color engraving and aquatint engraved by Albert Bertrand, 1906. (Exsteens 943).
31.6 × 24 cm
GEORGES DESPRET – VIDE-POCHE, CIRCA 1900
VIDE-POCHE, CIRCA 1900
Pâte de verre
Signed and numbered 515
Height: 9 cm.
Length: 12.5 cm.