Read more EMILE GALLE – LOUIS HESTAUX – “CHAUVE-SOURIS ET PAVOTS” BOTTLE, CIRCA 1890-1892 “CHAUVE-SOURIS ET PAVOTS” BOTTLE, CIRCA 1890-1892 After a design by Louis Hestaux Multilayered and parly hammered glass, acid-etched and wheel-carved decor of a bat and poppies Signed underneath: Emile Gallé fecit. 24.5 cm. high Exhibition Exposition Emile Gallé et Toulouse-Lautrec / Lumières et couleurs de la Belle Epoque, 1995, Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo, p. 30 et 31 in the exhibition catalogue, n. 16 Exhibition on Emile Gallé in five museums in Japan between April 2000 and March 2001, ill. p. 57, 58 and 59, n. 19 in the catalogue. Gallé et le Japonisme, 2008, Tokyo-Osaka, n. 62 in the exhibition catalogue Emile Gallé / Nature & Symbolisme / Influences du Japon, Musée Départemental Georges de la Tour, Vic-sur-Seille, 5 May-30 August 2009, ill. p. 135, n.114 Bestiaire de verre, de la fin du XIXe siècle à nos jours, Musée du verre, Conches en Ouche, 9 March-24 November 2019, ill. pp. 16, 17 Bibliography Janine Bloch-Dermant, L’Art du verre en France 1860-1914, Edita Denoël, 1974, ill. p. 63
Read more LOUIS MAJORELLE – WALL PLANTER, CIRCA 1878 WALL PLANTER, CIRCA 1878 Earthenware, japanese decor in semi-relief of a bird fisching a carp Made in the Toul workshop Signed 34 cm. diameter
Read more LOUIS MAJORELLE – DAUM NANCY – TABLE LAMP, CIRCA 1900 TABLE LAMP, CIRCA 1900 Marmorean glass and wrought iron. The base in marble Dimension of the shade: 30 x 14 cm. 63 cm. high (with the base) This model is illustrated in the Maison Majorelle catalogue without the base
Read more BING & GRONDAHL – JENS DAHL-JENSEN – LA MAISON MODERNE – VIDE-POCHE, 1898 VIDE-POCHE, 1898 Bluish white poreclain Signed and dated 98. Bearing the manufacturer’s stamp This model is illustrated in the Maison Moderne catalogue under the number 1349-11
Read more MANUEL ORAZI – LA MAISON MODERNE – RARE LITHOGRAPH “FEMME AUX ORCHIDEES”, CIRCA 1902-1904 RARE LITHOGRAPH “FEMME AUX ORCHIDEES”, CIRCA 1902-1904 Colour lithograph Signed, with the artist’s circular seal adapted from a Japanese motif 46 x 61.5 cm. Bibliography Victor Arwas, Art Nouveau: The French Aesthetic, Andreas Papadakis Publisher, London, 2002, ill. p. 197-198 Manuel Orazi designed important Art Nouveau posters for La Maison Moderne, as well as for Sarah Bernhardt, the 1900 Exposition Universelle, Loïe Fuller, and the Palais de la Danse. His works in oils, gouache and watercolours were exhibited at the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts from 1897. He also supplied illustrations for periodicals and for books. As the principal artist working for La Maison Moderne, besides a poster, he created objets d’art and jewellery
Read more JULES HABERT DYS – TWO VASES, CIRCA 1910 TWO VASES, CIRCA 1910 Multilayered glass with powder and silver inclusions Each signed underneath 21.5 cm. high 16.5 cm. high
Read more EUGENE MICHEL – VASE, CIRCA 1900 VASE, CIRCA 1900 Clear glass, etched to simulate the movement of the waves, partly frosted, overlaid with enamel and wheel-carved with a decor of fishes and aquatic flora 17 cm. high Exhibition Bestiaire de verre, de la fin du XIXe siècle à nos jours, Musée du verre, Conches en Ouche, 9 March-24 November 2019, ill. pp. 20, 21 Provenance Leo Kaplan, New York, acquired in 2000
Read more EMILE GALLE – SMALL POT, CIRCA 1900 SMALL POT, CIRCA 1900 Clear glass with inclusions; with two applied handles, the decor in marquetry and chased Wheel-carved signature 9 cm. high 16 cm. long
Read more ERNEST BUSSIERE – KELLER & GUERIN – “BRACTEE D’OMBELLE”, CIRCA 1900 “BRACTEE D’OMBELLE”, CIRCA 1900 Earthenware vase decorated with low-fired metallic iridescent glaze, decorated with leaves and openwork stems Signed underneath K.G. Lunéville BUSSIERE 28 cm. high Exhibition Exposition de l’Alliance Provinciale des Industries d’Art, Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, March 1903 Nancy 1900 Jugendstil in Lothringen, Münchner Stadtmuseum, 1980, n. 409, p. 365 Christian Debize, L’Ecole de Nancy, Presses Universitaires de Nancy, 1993, ill. p. 89 Céramiques végétales – Ernest Bussière et l’Art Nouveau – Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy, 21 June-25 September 2000, ill. p. 44
Read more LUCIEN GAILLARD – BROOCH, CIRCA 1900 BROOCH, CIRCA 1900 Gold and enamel In its original box Signed
Read more AUGUSTE JEAN – A PAIR OF BALUSTER VASES, CIRCA 1878 A PAIR OF BALUSTER VASES, CIRCA 1878 Glass, each resting on four applied feet, the necks pulled up to points, alternating with others running down, two large glass cabochons applied to the sides with a Japanese polychrome enamelled design, gilt Signed 57 cm. high Exhibition Sunderland Museum & Art Gallery, The Art of Glass – Art Nouveau to Art Deco, 17 July-27 October 1996 Bibliography Victor Arwas, The Art of Glass, Andreas Papadakis, publisher, 1996, p. 11, n. 10
Read more ALBERT DAMMOUSE – A RARE COVERED PITCHER, CIRCA 1890 A RARE COVERED PITCHER, CIRCA 1890 Glazed stoneware, thickly overlaid with sang-de-boeuf glaze, the lid in vermeil stylized as a flower Impressed circular signature A DAMMOUSE S (for Sèvres) with silversmith and French Minerva marks 18.5 cm. high
Read more PIERRE-ADRIEN DALPAYRAT – ALPHONSE VOISIN-DELACROIX – VASE IN A SHAPE OF A FRUIT, ALSO KNOWN AS “COEUR DEVORE PAR UN ANIMAL”, 1892-1893 VASE IN A SHAPE OF A FRUIT, ALSO KNOWN AS “COEUR DEVORE PAR UN ANIMAL”, 1892-1893 Grès with a sang-de-boeuf and green glaze Signed 23 cm. high Exhibition Adrien Dalpayrat / Céramique française de l’Art Nouveau, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 1998, similar model ill. p. 139 n. 79 Bibliography Henri-Pierre Fourest & al., L’art de la Poterie en France de Rodin à Dufy, Sèvres, Musée national de la céramique, 1971, ill. n. 83 Hakenjos, Berndt & Ekkart Klinge, Europäische des Jugendstils, Düsseldorf, Hetjens museum, 1974, p. 29, n. 29 Lynne Thornton & Antoine Alain Glück, L’Art en marge des Grands Mouvements, Salons et Visionnaires de 1880 à 1930, Paris, Etude Pillias, 1974, p. 66, n. 116 Arielle Guillaume & al., Alphonse Voisin-Delacroix, Besançon, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’ Archéologie de Besançon, 1993, p. 801, n. 58
Read more JEAN CARRIES – JAPANESE BOTTLE, CIRCA 1900 JAPANESE BOTTLE, CIRCA 1900 Glazed stoneware, multilayered in brown, blue and pink dripping Signed and numbered 30 underneath 15.5 cm. high Bibliography Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015, ill. p. 93 Frédéric Descouturelle, Olivier Pons, La céramique et la lave émaillée d’Hector Guimard, Edition du Cercle Guimard, p. 15 Provenance Formerly in the collection of Maître Francis Lombrail, Paris
Read more CHARLES MAURIN – “LA TOILETTE” “LA TOILETTE” Charcoal drawing Signed lower left 60 x 45 cm.
Read more ROYAL COPENHAGEN – ARNOLD KROG – VASE, CIRCA 1900-1901 VASE, 1900-1901 Model of 1898-1899, executed in 1900-1901 Openwork porcelain with a design of white poppies Signed 13.7 cm. high
Read more ROYAL COPENHAGEN – CHRISTIAN THOMSEN – “SNAKES” VASE, CIRCA 1900 “SNAKES” VASE, CIRCA 1900 Openwork enamelled porcelain; three snakes forming the handles Signed, numbered 298/176 and 60 14.5 cm. high
Read more LOUIS MAJORELLE – “AUX FOUGERES” AND “AUX ESCARGOTS” SALON, CIRCA 1900 “AUX FOUGERES” AND “AUX ESCARGOTS” SALON, CIRCA 1900 Mahogany, comprising : A sofa, two armchairs and two chairs Armchairs: 116 cm. high – seating area: 77 cm. large x 80 cm. deep Chairs: 101 cm. high – seating area: 46 x 46 cm. Sofa: 135 cm. large x 74 cm. deep
Read more EDGAR WILLIAM BRANDT – “ALGUES” LETTER OPENER, CIRCA 1909 “ALGUES” LETTER OPENER, CIRCA 1909 Bronze and wrought copper Signed 27 cm. long Bibliography L’Art Décoratif aux Expositions des Beaux-Arts, 1909, ill. pl. 26 for a similar design
Read more EDGAR WILLIAM BRANDT – ANDO JUBEI – VASE, CIRCA 1904 VASE, CIRCA 1904 Copper decorated with white and yellow cloisonné enamelled daisies on a green background Silver mount by Edgar Brandt Bearing the monogram of Ando Jubei 13 cm. high Jubei’s cloisonné enamels are in the collections of the Victoria and Albert and the Walters Art museums Bibliography Robert de Souza, Oeuvres diverses d’Edgar Brandt, L’Art Décoratif, 1904, vol. II, p. 145 for a similar design
Read more ANDRE-FERNAND THESMAR – “FEMME ASSISE”, CIRCA 1900 “FEMME ASSISE”, CIRCA 1900 Plaque in translucent enamels on a gold leaf background 11 x 7 cm.
Read more THEOPHILE ALEXANDRE STEINLEN – “LES TROIS CHATS”, 1915 “LES TROIS CHATS”, 1915 Charcoal, black pencil, watercolor
Read more ALEXANDRE CHARPENTIER – GERARD ROGER SANDOZ – PITCHER, CIRCA 1892 PITCHER, CIRCA 1892 Bronze with a brown patina Signed and marked “G. Roger Sandoz éditeur” 22.5 cm. high
Read more ALEXANDRE BIGOT – ALOIS REINITZER – “LA DANSEUSE LOIE FULLER” VASE, 1900 “LA DANSEUSE LOIE FULLER” VASE, 1900 Grès Signed by both artists 25 cm. high This vase was probably exhibited at the Exposition Universelle and a la Société des Artistes Français, 1900 Biliography Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015, ill. p. 319