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NILS DE BARCK – RARE VASE, CIRCA 1900

RARE VASE, CIRCA 1900
Incised and sculpted grés representing a datura flower capsule
Incised signature
30.5 cm. high

Bibliography
Le Style Moderne – L’Art appliqué, 1ère année, 1904-1905, H. Laurens, éditeur, ill. pl. 3.
Der Moderne Stil, 1905, ill. pl. 3.
Marc Ducret et Patricia Monjaret, L’Ecole de Carriès – L’Art céramique à Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye, Les éditions de l’amateur, Paris 1997, similar example ill. on a period photograph, p.72

ETIENNE MOREAU-NELATON – VASE, CIRCA 1900

VASE, CIRCA 1900

Grés with an enameled design of holly branches on an enameled white cream background

25.5 cm. high; 17.2 cm. diameter

Bibliography
Roger Marx, La Décoration et les Industries d’Art à l’Exposition de 1900, Ch. Delagrave éditeur, Paris, 1901

Exhibition
Exposition universelle, Paris, 1900

ALEXANDRE BIGOT – BOUCHERON, Maison – LINZELER ROBERT, Silversmith – BEER PITCHER, CIRCA 1901

BEER PITCHER, CIRCA 1901
Cream stoneware with dripping brown tones, blue-gray mottled steel and mounted in solid silver
Signed BOUCHERON / PARIS – LONDON, Mce POUSSIELGUE RUSAND and numbered 4627
With French Minerva marks and mark of Robert Linzeler
27 cm. high

Similar examples :
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest

Exhibition
Salon of 1901
Première Exposition des Arts du Foyer consacrée à l’orfèvrerie dedicated to goldsmithery, November 1901, Salon de la Plume, 31 rue Bonaparte

Bibliography
“Le pot à bière, grès et argent poli, de M. Linzeler, sera sans doute aussi commode à l’usage qu’il est satisfaisant à l’œil. Voici donc un morceau beau par lui-même, en dehors de toute espèce d’ornement sculpté. Il fournit la preuve palpable qu’il n’est nullement nécessaire d’écraser toutes surfaces sous un déluge de “motifs” pour que l’objet contente notre sens esthétique. L’artiste, ici, n’a cherché son effet que dans l’harmonie du galbe, dans le jeu des tons et des matériaux, dans le sentiment de confortable, de logique qui émane de son œuvre. Et il a pleinement réussi.
C’est bien ainsi que veut être le véritable art industriel : harmonique et commode. S’il n’est qu’art, nous souffrons dans notre bien-être ; s’il n’est qu’industriel, nos yeux s’attristent de sa sécheresse. Ainsi les deux vases qu’expose en même temps M. Linzeler nous donnent, malgré la recherche de leur décor, une certaine impression de lourdeur à côté de la masse tranquille de ce broc où le ton du grès se marie si bien à l’éclat de l’argent.” Charles Torquet, L’Orfèvrerie et le bronze, L’Art Décoratif, août 1901, page 214
L’Orfèvrerie aux Salons de 1901, Revue de la bijouterie, de l’orfèvrerie et de la joaillerie, August 1901, ill. p. 132
“Quelques artistes cependant obéissent à la logique. C’est ici Marcel Carlier, dessinateur de l’orfèvre Linzeler, dont le pichet et la théière sont très bien conçus, avec leurs panses de grès qu’entourent des armatures d’argent. Le métal accuse les lignes, affirme la volonté architecturale”. Albert Thomas, Première Exposition des Arts du Foyer consacrée à l’orfèvrerie, l’Art Décoratif, December 1901, p. 125
Der Moderne Stil, 4ème volume, Julius Hoffmann junior, ill. pl. 63
Annelies Krekel-Aalberse, Argenterie Art Nouveau et Art Déco, les éditions de l’amateur, 1990, ill. p. 74, n°39
Hélène Bédague, Alexandre Bigot, Chimiste et Céramiste, éditions Louvre Victoire, Paris, 2016, ill. p. 178

LOUIS-AUGUSTE THEODORE-RIVIERE – “LA POMME D’OR”, CIRCA 1900

“LA POMME D’OR”, CIRCA 1900
Original sculpture of a figure representing Eve, carved in ivory, set in a sculpted mahogany tree, a snake applied in enameled silver
Signed on the wooden base
37.5 cm. high

To the best of our knowledge, three works by Théodore-Rivière incorporated enamel by René Lalique among which “La brodeuse arabe” or “La brodeuse tunisienne” from 1897, and a Cambodian dancer. Therefore, it is very likely that our piece was enameled by Lalique as well.

Bibliography
Colette Dumas, Théodore Rivière, sa vie, son œuvre, 1998, ill. page 89, n. 102

Provenance
Private collection of Louis-Auguste Théodore-Rivière
Théodore-Rivière sale, Hôtel Drouot, room 10, 1st December 1909, lot 36

The Musée d’Orsay keeps in its archives the sales record established by Jean (Théodore) Rivière. It comprises 45 lots originating directly from the studio of the artist, among which bronze sculptures in large part, without any of them being cast, thus unique; two or three marbles, two terracottas and two ivory sculptures, one of them being “La Pomme d’Or”. A few works were bought in, and the total of the sale reached 15.251 francs. Two lots reached the highest bid of 1.500 francs, lot 32: “Néron”; turquin blue marble, unique artwork, 36 cm. high; and lot 36: “La Pomme d’Or”, described as “statuette ivoire, serpent argenté émaillé, sur bois des îles socle marbre, hauteur moyenne 40 cent”.

EMILE GALLE – “CAVALIER PERSAN” BEAKER, DESIGNED CIRCA 1889

“CAVALIER PERSAN” BEAKER, DESIGNED CIRCA 1889
Glass, decorated with a Persian horse rider, in polychrome enamel on a background engraved with stylized and geometrical flowers and partly highlighted in gold, inclusion of shattered gold foils
Signed E. Gallé Nancy under its base
10 cm. high

Bibliography
Bernd Hakenjos, Emile Gallé, Keramik, Glas und Möbel des Art Nouveau, Hirmer, ill. p. 80

EMILE GALLE – VASE, CIRCA 1900

VASE, CIRCA 1900
Small pear-shaped vase, clear glass overlaid with black and with platinum foil, acid-etched and entirely wheel-carved, hammered body
Signed in wheel-carved cameo
8.5 cm. high
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Henri Flammarion

EMILE GALLE – RARE AND IMPORTANT CABINET, CIRCA 1900

RARE AND IMPORTANT CABINET, CIRCA 1900
Exotic marquetry inlaid wood, decorated with dragonflies and flowers, the front adorned with a dragonfly in relief
Signed
137 cm. high; 83 cm. wide; 44 cm. deep

Bibliography
Alastar Duncan, Georges de Bartha, Gallé Furniture, Antique Collectors’ club, 2012, ill. p. 292

EMILE GALLE – “BERCE DES PRES” LADIES DESK, CIRCA 1900

“BERCE DES PRES” LADIES DESK, CIRCA 1900
Variation of “Les Ombellules” desk exhibited at the Exposition Universelle of 1900
Exotic marquetry inlaid wood, with botanical decor
With its key in gilt bronze
Signed GALLE

Bearing a paper label from the 1950/1960s on which can be read “N°7399 – Salle des Ventes – Santé
Frères et Cie – Pau » with the lot number, its description, the name of the buyer and the price
(the company Santé Frères et Cie put an end to its public sales in 1970)
157 cm. high ; 77 cm. wide ; 55 cm. deep

Exhibition
Exposition Universelle, Paris 1900. A design, which can be compared to our desk, titled “Les Ombellules” by Emile Gallé himself in a publication at the time, was shown by the artist during the event.

Musée d’Orsay, Paris. A “Les Ombellules” desk, comparable to ours, is in the collection of the Musée d’Orsay (inventory OAO 1467 coming from the Rispal donation)

Provenance
This desk was acquired by the former owner at a public auction in the 1950/1960s from the Salle des Ventes Santé Frères et Cie, rue Emile Garet in Pau. This company, which started out with public auction sales, simultaneously as a transporter, right after the post-war years, enrolled a notary or a court bailiff, but lost the office in 1970 when the French government appointed a ministerial officer as an auctioneer in Pau.

EMILE GALLE – TABLE, CIRCA 1900

TABLE, CIRCA 1900
Exotic wood
Removable upper tray
Decorated with aquatic plants and waterlilies on the upper part; flowers, waterlilies and a small frog on the lower part
Signed on upper and lower shelves
82 cm. high; 60 cm. wide; 41.5 cm. deep

EMILE GALLE – VASE, CIRCA 1895

VASE, CIRCA 1895
Honey-colored glass with polychrome and gilt enamel, decorated with orchids and leaves
Signed under its base Emile Gallé below an orchid and Déposé in enamel
12.5 cm. high

PAUL BRINDEAU DE JARNY – MURAL PORTE-DOCUMENTS, CIRCA 1900

MURAL PORTE-DOCUMENTS, CIRCA 1900
Wood and embossed copper
Fire-stamped monogram on the back, decoration of leaves and burrs of plane trees
32 cm. high; 44.5 cm. in maximum width

Bibliography
Karin Blanc, Ferronnerie en Europe au XXème siècle, éditions Monelle Hayot, 2015, ill. p. 156

MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – LEON KANN – “VASE GOURDE DE BRUYERES”

“VASE GOURDE DE BRUYERES”
Pâte Nouvelle (PN) of 1900
Designed by L. Kann, 1899
21 cm. high

Bibliography
Antoinette Faÿ-Hallé, Barbara Mundt, La porcelaine européenne au XIXe siècle, Office du Livre, Fribourg, Suisse, 1983, ill. p. 252, board 413
Jean Paul Midant, SEVRES La Manufacture au XXème siècle, Paris, Michel Aveline Editeur, 1992, p. 38

Provenance
An identical piece in a paler and monochromic shade can be found in the collections of the Musée National de Céramique in Sèvres, inventory n. MNC 25 522
Another item is part of Mobilier National’s collection
A third piece is in the collection of the Musée National Adrien-Dubouché in Limoges, inventory n. 7704

LUCIEN GAILLARD – CLEMENT MASSIER – “CHARDONS” VASE, CIRCA 1900

“CHARDONS” VASE, CIRCA 1900
Turquoise and brown ceramic, with two handles in the shape of horns, imitating Chinese vases
Silver mount adorned with thistles
Small warranty silver and Lucien Gaillard hallmarks
LG seal in a rectangle
8 cm. high

Bibliography
Victor Arwas, Art Nouveau – The French Aesthetic, Andreas Papadakis publisher, London, 2002, ill. p. 399

Provenance
Lillian Nassau, New York, acquired in 1994

LUCIEN GAILLARD – “POURPRE D’AUTOMNE” PERFUME BOTTLE, CIRCA 1900

“POURPRE D’AUTOMNE” PERFUME BOTTLE, CIRCA 1900
Decorated with leaves and fruits from red chestnut trees
Enameled stopper
Titled on each side
Comes with its splendid marbled box, with a round label showing the same pattern as on the bottle, garnished with satin (slightly stained)
Executed for Volnay (Veolay), “Veolay” being the phonetic transcription of “Volnay” found on the bottles intended for the American market.
11,6 cm. high (very rare in this size)

Bibliography
Christie Mayer Lefkowith, L’Art du Parfum, éditions Celiv, 1994, ill. p. 137