“DANCER WITH SNAKES”, 1905-1906
Patinated bronze
Signed, dédicated St Edmond / Le Personnel de la Maison / Laussedat / à leur patron and dated 1906
23.3 cm. high
Another example is part of the collection of the Musée de l’Ancienne Douane, Strasbourg and another
one is part of the Silverman Collection, New York
Exhibition Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1906
Musée Galliera, Exposition Carabin, 1934-1935
Bibliography Catalogue de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1906
La Revue Théâtrale, April 1906, ill. p. 1452
Catalogue de l’exposition Carabin, Galliera Museum 1934-1935 L’œuvre de Rupert Carabin, Galerie du Luxembourg, 1974, ill. p. 192, n.104
BAMBOO VASE, CIRCA 1895
Molded and crackled glass internally decorated with gold flecks;
an applied decoration of tears and an inclusion of gold foil at the base
19.5 cm.
“SUZANNE ET LES VIEILLARDS” TRIPTYCH, 1906
Watercolor, ink, gouache and pencil on paper
Signed, inscribed and dated lower center: GUSTAV ADOLF MOSSA NICIENSIS PINXIT MCMVI and titled below the central panel SUZANNE ET LES VIEILLARDS
36.7 x 56 cm.
Exhibition Exposition d’œuvres d’Alexis et de Gustav Adolf Mossa, L’Artistique, Nice, 1909, n. 92 Exposition d’œuvres de G.A. Mossa, Galerie George Petit, Paris, 1911, n. 21 Gustave-Adolphe Mossa. Niciensis Pinxit, Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret, France, 29 January – 15 May 2022
Bibliography Un Domino, Le Gaulois, Echos de partout, 5 April 1911
Léon Riotor, Le Radical, Echos, 11 April 1911
Gustav Adolf Mossa, catalogue raisonné des œuvres “symbolistes”, Somogy éditions d’art, 2010, n. A154, ill. p. 221
A PAIR OF VASES, CIRCA 1900
Porcelain decorated with flowers and leaves; the chased mount in patinated wrought-iron
Marked with the manufacturer’s stamp and respectively numbered S97 and S98
24 cm. high
“LE PRINTEMPS DES COEURS”
Paris, Piazza, 1902. 1 volume in 8°
60 compositions en couleurs et or d'Etienne Dinet, dont six hors texte. Légendes sahariennes recueillies par Sliman Ben Ibrahim BAAMER, traduites et illustrées par Etienne Dinet, exemplaire n° 287/300 sur papier vélin à la cuve des manufactures Blanchet et Kléber. Couverture et dos conservés. Reliure de René Kieffer. Maroquin havane, plats ornés, femme saharienne et palmiers sur le premier plat, porte et feuillages sur le 2ème plat. Décor mos. ovales sur les contre-plats sertis à froid, encadrements de filets d'or, gardes de soie, décor floral, tête dorée, étui à bandes de maroquin havane.
Catherine Lacaille, lyonnaise, a beaucoup travaillé sur des cuirs et sur des cuivres. Ele produit en outre des émaux de qualité dont un des plus beaux est : “M. Rollet dans sa bibliothèque”.
Exhibition Autour de Lévy-Dhurmer/ Visionnaires et Intimistes en 1900, Grand Palais, Paris,
3 March – 30 April 1973, similar work, n. 89 in the exhibition catalogue
VASE, 1897
Superb polychrome enameled porcelain vase decorated with flowers, foliage, a butterfly
and an insect highlighted in gold
Signed underneath with the initials SHG, dated 1897 et bearing the letters CN (for Camille Naudot)
incised in the paste
17.5 cm. high
Sieffert, Harant and Guignard (originally Harant et Guignard) were mainly Parisian retailers
of crystal and glass, they did however sell some ceramics, and commissioned pieces. Indeed, they acquired the firm of Charles Lerosey (Le Rosey),
who decorated soft-paste porcelain vases by Naudot, often with Japoniste floral designs and
sometimes with émail cloissoné, following the technique introduced by Thesmar to Sèvres.
Some pieces were decorated by Louis Eugéne Sieffert, others by Adolphe Faugeron.
Their works were exhibited at the 1900 Exposition Universelle.
Their work seems to be quite rare. (Information graciously provided by Professor Paul Arthur).
SET OF SIX SPOONS, 1907
Silver
In its original box
With French Minerva mark and silversmith’s mark
15 cm. long
Exhibition
Galerie A.-A. Hébrard, 8, rue Royale, Paris, 2 December-25 December 1907 ReConnaître Carlo Bugatti, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, 10 April-15 July 2001, n. 78 in the exhibition catalogue
Uzès Exposition, ancien Évêché, Monticelli, précurseur de l’impressionnisme & Bugatti, une dynastie de créateurs, 22 June – 13 October, 2024
VASE, CIRCA 1900
Silver
Marked CARDEILHAC PARIS with the letter A, with silversmith’s mark and french Minerva mark
18.5 cm. high
Between 1894 and 1899, Lucien Bonvallet designed several silverware pieces intended
for the Exposition Universelle of 1900, all decorated with a vegetal pattern such as thistles,
columbines, mistletoe, clovers, etc.
These models were exhibited on the occasion of a retrospective dedicated to Lucien Bonvallet
in january and february 1913, at the Pavillon de Marsan, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
CUP AND SAUCER, 1895-1896
Enameled porcelain
In its box set
Bearing the monogram of the artist; the cup dated 1895 and the saucer 1896. Marked C N
The cup: 6 cm. high; 7.3 cm. diameter
The saucer: 13 cm. diameter
CUP, CIRCA 1897
Gilt-cloisonné enamelled stoneware, decorated with flowers and insects
Signed and dedicated to Jeanne Dammouse
Height: 9.5 cm.
Bibliography Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma Editions, 2015, ill. p. 354
At the 1900 Exposition Universelle, Thesmar presents his works in gilt-cloisonné enamelled stoneware
for the first time. We have no evidence that Thesmar designed ceramics. We know that he decorated
Sèvres porcelain with enamels ; the ceramics were provided by the Manafacture Nationale.
Because this piece is dedicated to Jeanne Dammouse, we assume it was provided
by the ceramist Albert Dammouse
According to our records, no other example is known to exist
