Art Nouveau & Art Déco - Gallery in Monaco
STORAGE CHEST, CIRCA 1900
Carved wood, with a decor of stylised flowers. The lock in stylized copper
Signed E. Bernaux on the right side panel, with the initials E. B. at the lower right of the three front panels, as well as on the left side panel
Width: 86.5 cm.
Depth: 36.5 cm.
Height: 46.5 cm.
INKWELL, CIRCA 1900
Silver, decorated in high relief with thistles, with its glass bucket
Signed under the base J Pinto
With French Minerva mark
13 cm. large
VASE, CIRCA 1900
Ovoid porcelain vase, finely enamelled grey-green decoration on a “hare’s fur” background
Gilt-bronze mount
Signed with the “Glatigny” mark and stamped Keller – Paris
Height: 21.2 cm.
UNIKA VASE, CIRCA 1900
Porcelain decorated with blue and white flowers
Bearing the manufacturer’s seal, signed S. Ussing and numbered 6739 et 50
Height: 31.8 cm.
“MEDITATION”, 1897
Watercolour on paper
Monogrammed EG
79 x 44.25 cm.
Exhibition
Les Estampes Japonaises et les Impressionnistes, n. 30 in the catalogue
Eugène Grasset, 1845-1917. L’art et l’ornement. Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne,
18 March-13 June 2011, ill. p. 117, n. 132 in the catalogue
Bibliography
Victor Arwas, Berthon & Grasset, London, 1978, ill. p. 71
The “Estampes Décoratives” were published by the printer G. de Malherbe beginning in 1896.
They consisted of five pairs, each pair of identical dimensions, depicting beautiful women surrounded by flowers and foliage. The most spectacular were “Danger” and “Meditation”.
Between 1896 and 1898, Eugène Grasset exhibited six of his “Decorative Prints”, two at a time at each exhibition of La Libre Esthétique, and in 1898 he presented six lithographs at the first exhibition of the Vienna Secession.
In the 1970s, the American dealer and collector Bob Walker owned all ten original watercolors
which had served as models for the lithographs.
“DANGER”, 1897
Watercolour on paper
Monogrammed EG
78.25 x 44.75 cm.
Exhibition
Salon du Champ-de-Mars, 1897 for the lithograph
Les estampes Japonaises et les Impressionnistes, n. 31 in the catalogue
Eugène Grasset, 1845-1917, L’art et l’ornement. Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne,
18 March-13 June 2011, n. 136 in the catalogue, ill. p. 120
Bibliography
Revue des Arts décoratifs, 17ème année, 1897, for the lithograph
Victor Arwas, Berthon & Grasset, London, 1978, ill. p. 70
The “Estampes Décoratives” were published by the printer G. de Malherbe beginning in 1896.
They consisted of five pairs, each pair of identical dimensions, depicting beautiful women surrounded by flowers and foliage. The most spectacular were “Danger” and “Meditation”.
Between 1896 and 1898, Eugène Grasset exhibited six of his “Decorative Prints”, two at a time at each exhibition of La Libre Esthétique, and in 1898 he presented six lithographs at the first exhibition of the Vienna Secession.
In the 1970s, the American dealer and collector Bob Walker owned all ten original watercolors
which had served as models for the lithographs.
“FISH AND MERMAID” VIDE-POCHE, MODEL 495, CIRCA 1900
Porcelain
Bearing the manufacturer’s seal and numbered 3 and 48
22 cm. diameter
PITCHER, CIRCA 1900
Earthenware, with a polychrome poppy decoration highlighted in gold
Restorations
Signed underneath: E (Cross of Lorraine) G / Déposé / Gallé – Nancy
Height: 25 cm.
