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EUGENE GRASSET – “DANGER”, 1897

“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.

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EMILE GALLE – PITCHER, CIRCA 1900

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.

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FRENCH – CANE, CIRCA 1900

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.

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ETIENNE MOREAU-NELATON – VASE, 1901

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.

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LA MAISON MODERNE – BOX, CIRCA 1900

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.

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FALIZE FRERES – PLATE, CIRA 1900

PLATE, CIRA 1900
Chased and repoussé vermeil with a design of flowers and leaves. In the center an engraved band AULTRE NE VEUX (Want no other).
Signed under the base Falize orf.
In its fitted box
With French Minerva mark and silversmith mark
19.5 cm. diameter

Exhibition
Falize – A dinasty of Jewelers, Wartski, Londres, June 10 – June 19,1999, n° 166.

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MAURICE DUFRENE – LA MAISON MODERNE – PICTURE FRAME

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

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EUGENE VALLIN – CONSOLE, CIRCA 1900

CONSOLE, CIRCA 1900
Wood.
95 x 210 x 90 cm.

Commissioned by Gaston Bachelard for their apartment in Paris after the couple has left Nancy.

Console en bois.
95 x 210 x 90 cm
Commandée par Gaston Bachelard pour leur appartement de Paris après que le couple ait quitté Nancy.

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GEORGES BARBOTEAUX – VASE

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

SOLD

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GEORGES DE FEURE – “A VERLAINE”, 1894-1895

“A VERLAINE”, 1894-1895

Lithograph. Printed in olive green on cream vellum, numbered in the lower left corner
Stains, losses, and short tears at the sheet edges. Traces of adhesive in the corners on the verso. Full margins
27 × 17 cm.

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VICTOR PROUVE – “L’OPIUM”, 1894

“L’OPIUM”, 1894
Color lithograph, edition of 100 for the 7th album of L’Estampe Originale. Blind stamp, signed in blue pencil and numbered 30. Framed.
62.5 × 40 cm.

Another example is kept in the Musée Lorrain, Nancy, in the Graphic Arts collection

Exhibition
L’Estampe originale. Artistic printmaking in France 1893-1895, New Brunswick, The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, 1991, n. 56
Victor Prouvé 1858-1945, musée Lorrain, Nancy, May 17 – September 21, 2008, ill. p. 249, n. 246 in the exhibition catalogue

Bibliography
Stein and Karshan 56
Roger Marx, un critique aux côtés de Gallé, Monet, Rodin, Gauguin…, Nancy, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy, May 6 mai – August 28, 2006,  ill. p. 54

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EUGENE GRASSET – “LA VITRIOLEUSE OU LA TASSE DE THE”, 1893

“LA VITRIOLEUSE OU LA TASSE DE THE”, 1893
Black chromolithograph, hand-colored with stencil in 6 colors, on heavy cream vellum,
with full margins. Example n. 93/100 of the original edition published in L'Estampe moderne,
Album VI (April–June 1894). Bearing the monogram on the plate, signed and numbered in pencil,
with the editor's blind stamp in the margin
59.4 x 43 cm.
The blind stamp was designed by Alexandre Charpentier
Similar example at the Musée lorrain, Nancy
Another example at the Bibliothèque d'art et d'archéologie Jacques Doucet, Paris

Exhibition
Roger Marx, un critique aux côtés de Gallé, Monet, Rodin, Gauguin…, Nancy, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy, May 6 – August 28 2006, ill. p. 299, n. 237
Eugène Grasset, 1845-1917. L'art et l'ornement. Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, March 18 – June 13, 2011, n. 91 ill.  p. 78

Bibliography
L'Estampe originale, première année, Edition du Journal des Artistes, Paris 1893, Grasset,
ill. p.78 full page color
Anne Murray-Robertson, Grasset – Pionnier de l'Art Nouveau, Bibliothèque des Arts,
Paris, 1981 ill. p. 207
Renate Ulmer, Art Nouveau Symbolismus und Jugendstil in Frankreich, Arnoldsche, 1999,
ill. p. 52, n. 40