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 and 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.
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.
CANE, CIRCA 1900
Wooden cane with a silver knob depicting a woman playing a mandolin
Silver hallmark (small guarantee). Maker’s mark illegible.
Height: 6.5 cm.
VASE, 1901
Foliage decoration in light relief, with shaded brown-green glaze
Signed wth the initials EMN and dated 1901
Bears a handwritten label Collection Cte Robert de Montesquiou
Height: 14 cm.
Diameter: 19.5 cm.
PATTYPAN SQUASH VASE, CIRCA 1900
Iridescent purple and celadon glazed ceramic
Two small chips in the glaze
Signed with the monogram K.G
Height: 8.3 cm.
BOX, CIRCA 1900
Leather, silver and hardstone. Suede interior
Gilded monogram. Most probably executed at the La Maison Moderne workshops for leather goods.
With its key
19 x 14 x 5 cm.
PICTURE FRAME
Interior in moiré fabric, fully covered in brown leather
Decorated with three stylized flowers
Signed lower right
27.5 x 13.7 cm.
Exhibition Documents sur l’Art Industriel au XXème siècle, Editions de La Maison Moderne, Paris, ill. p.11, under the number 3093-IV
Emile Seyden, Maroquinerie d’art”, L’Art Décoratif, May 1901, p. 74 to 80 : Article reserved exclusively for leather objects by Maurice Dufrène, with numerous illustrations
VASE
Bronze with a brown patina featuring pine cone decorations in high relief on the sides
Signed
Height: 10 cm.
This vase is identical to the one acquired by the French State at the 1908 Salon des Artistes Français, when Barboteaux exhibited for the first time after leaving his position with René Lalique.
Exhibition
Salon des Artistes Français, 1908
Bibliography
Art et Décoration, July 1909, ill. p. 59