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BERNARD HOETGER – LA MAISON MODERNE – “DER STURM” (“LA TEMPETE”), 1901

“DER STURM” (“LA TEMPETE”), 1901
Patinated bronze
Signed
31 cm. high

A similar example is at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, inv. RF 4189

Exhibition
Loïe Fuller: Danseuse de l’Art Nouveau, Nancy, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 17 May-19 August 2002, ill. p. 121, n. 37 in the exhibition catalogue

Bibliography
Documents sur l’Art Industriel au XXème siècle, édition de La Maison Moderne, Paris, ill. p. 5 under the n. 3422-1
Bernhardt Hoetger Skulptur Malerei Design Arcitektur, Bremen 1998, Verlag H. M. Hauschild GmnH, Bremen, ill. p. 38, p. 39 and p. 318, n. 209

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ALFRED JOREL – “JEUNE FILLE AU CHAT”, CIRCA 1900

“JEUNE FILLE AU CHAT”, CIRCA 1900
Statuette in sculpted wood and patinated ivory
The base in marble
Signed
Height: 11 cm.

Alfred Jorel was Sociétaire des Artistes Français and exhibited in Gallièra in 1903. (Exposition de l’ivoire), in 1908 (Exposition de la Parure Précieuse de la Femme) and in 1914 (Exposition de la Statuette). His pieces are unique

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BERNARD HOETGER – EUGENE BLOT – LA MAISON MODERNE – “PETITES NYMPHES”, CIRCA 1900

“PETITES NYMPHES”, CIRCA 1900
Bronze with a brown patina
Signed and bearing the foundry seal EUG. BLOT / B. DE LA MADELEINE / PARIS
30 cm. high

Exhibition
Darmstadt Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst 1901-1976, Die Künstler der Mathildenhöhe,
22 October 1976-30 January 1977, ill. vol. 4, p. 103, n. 328 in the exhibition catalogue
(collection Barlach-Heuer, Paris)

Bibliography
La Maison Moderne, Documents sur l’Art Industriel au vingtième siècle, nd,
Edition de la Maison Moderne, ill. p. 11, n. 3423-1
Laurence Buffet-Challié, Le Modern Style, Baschet & Cie éditeurs, nd, ill. p. 50, n. 2

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PIERRE ROCHE – “LA MORT” (DEATH), CIRCA 1900

“LA MORT” (DEATH), CIRCA 1893-1894
Patinated bronze sculpture
Signed
Height: 55 cm.

Exhibition
Intérieurs 2011 – L’Art de vivre avec l’art, Artcurial, Paris, 8-22 September 2011,
exhibited on the booth of Mrs Roxane Rodriguez

Bibliography
L’Art Décoratif, April 1901, ill. p. 8 (Detail in glossy earthenware)
Art et Décoration, April 1904, ill. p. 121
Catalogue des Objets d’Art Moderne faisant partie de la Collection Roger Marx, p. 23,
n. 132 for an example in glossy terracotta
Musée des Arts décoratifs, inv.27961: “Ce buste en terre cuite polychrome appartient sans doute à un projet de décor inachevé. Le visage hiératique de La Mort est rehaussé de touches verdâtres sur les paupières et les lèvres, évoquant le bleuissement d’une noyée et accentuant l’étrangeté de l’œuvre. Cette iconographie unique dans son œuvre montre une nouvelle fois l’influence du courant symboliste dont la mort est une thématique centrale”

There is also an example of just the bust in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs:
Titre : La mort
Dénomination : buste de femme
Date : 1895
Dimensions : H : 17 cm ; L : 15,4 cm ; P : 8 cm
Inscriptions – marques : aucune
Lieu de conservation : Paris, musée des arts décoratifs (inv.27961)
Matériaux : terre cuite lustrée avec rehauts de couleur verte sur la bouche et les yeux
Historique : don de Louis Massignon et de sa soeur en souvenir de leur mère, entrée le 12 novembre 1931

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CARL VILHEM MILLES – HECTOR CACCIPUOTTI – SOCIÉTÉ DES ARTISTES RÉALISTES – “A LA BELLE ÉTOILE”, 1902

“A LA BELLE ETOILE”, 1902
Grès depicting a couple sitting on a bench and a sleeping character on the other side of the bench
Signed
Marked Hector CACCIPUOTTI / Editeur / 65 rue Violet à Paris and Société des Artistes Réalistes, Marque déposée Paris

Height: 21 cm.

Exhibition
V. Pica, Artisti Contemporanei: Karl Millès, Emporium XXIX, no. 196, Jan. 1909, pp. 3-19, ill. p. 12

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ALEXANDRE VIBERT – JOLLET & Cie – “THEODORA”, CIRCA 1900

“THEODORA”, CIRCA 1900
Parcel-gilt and silvered-bronze figure of the empress wearing the Byzantium crown,
heightened with translucent enamels and set with colourful semi-precious stones
Signed and impressed with the foundry mark

61 cm. high

Theodora was the wife of Justinian I who was crowned Emperor of the
Byzantine Empire in 527 AD. As his wife, she ruled by his side, and as his partner,
her intelligence helped to advance the Empire

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REMBRANDT BUGATTI – ADRIEN-AURELIEN HEBRARD – “STANDING BOY”, 1906

“STANDING BOY”, 1906
A rare, fine quality, early twentieth century bronze model of a “Standing Boy”.
Rich dark brown patina with reddy brown undertones.
This sculpture was cast in bronze by the lost wax process at the Hébrard Foundry, Paris in 1907.
Before casting it was signed, stamped and numbered in the wax, R. Bugatti, A.A. Hébrard, Cire Perdue, 3
44 cm. high
14 cm. length
16 cm. depth

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ADRIEN-AURELIEN HEBRARD – LUDOVIC JOSEPH FELIX VOULOT – “TRIADE ANTIQUE”

“TRIADE ANTIQUE”
Bronze with a black patina
Signed, with foundry mark and numbered 6
Original base by Hébrard in yellow sienna marble
24 cm. high
The base: 18 x 16.5 x 5 cm.

Exhibition
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1902: patinated plaster
Exposition internationale de Buenos Ayres, 1910, Hébrard collection
Exposition à la Galerie Hébrard, April 1911

Bibliography
L’Art Décoratif, July 1910, ill. p. 17

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GEORGE MINNE – LA MAISON MODERNE – “LE PETITE BLESSE”, 1898

“LE PETITE BLESSE”, 1898
Bronze with black patina
Signed, dated 98 and impressed with La Maison Moderne’s seal
25.3 cm. high

Exhibition
George Minne en de kunst rond 1900, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, September 1982 –
December 1982, p. 157, n°80

Bibliography
Art et Décoration, November 1901, ill. p. 112
Documents sur l’Art Décoratif Industriel au XXème Siècle, Edition de La Maison Moderne, nd,
section sculpture, ill. p. 21 under reference 308-1

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LOUIS-AUGUSTE THÉODORE-RIVIÈRE – “SALAMMBO CHEZ MATHO”, 1895

“SALAMMBO CHEZ MATHO”, 1895
Carved ivory
Signed and dedicated à mon ami A(ngelo) Mariani

Exhibition
Musée Galliéra, Exposition de la Statuette et du Meuble qui la présente ou l’accompagne, 1914, n. 373,
described as “Salammbô”, ivory (Collection of Mr Jacques Mariani)
Salammbô: Fureur ! Passion ! Elephants !, 20 October 2021-7 February 2022, exposition itinérante au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, au Mucem à Marseille et à l’Institut national du patrimoine à Tunis

Bibliography
Colette Dumas, Théodore Rivière – sa vie … Son œuvre, p. 61 to p. 66
Salammbo, Mucem, Réunion des Musées Métropolitains de Rouen, Institut National du Patrimoine de Tunisie, éditions Gallimard, 2021, ill. p. 110 in the exhibition catalogue

Provenance
Formerly in the Collection of Mr Angelo Mariani

Angelo Mariani, chemist and inventor of the “Vin Mariani”, a fortifying beverage based on coca bark, a true institution for nearly half a century before its essential component was banned, was the friend and patron of Theodore Riviere, who composed a collection of portraits and statuettes. The period documentation quotes a number of artworks exhibited at different Salons and having belonged to A. Mariani (or by descent to his son Jacques), such as La Caravane, plaster ; le Portrait de M. Mariani, bronze ; Salomé, ivory (our example) ; Les Huns ; Le Mur ; Le Silence, ivory, marble and bronze ; L’Empereur d’Annam, ivory and sculpted wood ; La Femme d’Elchi, ivory, marble and wood ; La brodeuse arabe, ivory, marble and enamels. Angelo Mariani was the patron of several artists including Jean Baffier.
Special order or gift of the artist, this sculpture, which is not among the works on display at the ivory exhibition at the Galliéra Museum in 1903, could have been executed around this date