Art Nouveau & Art Déco - Gallery in Monaco
SCULPTURE, CIRCA 1900
Earthenware; multilayered in green, beige, white and shades of brown
Bearing the artist's monogram
11 cm. high; 20 cm. long
Exhibition
A retrospective exhibition was held at the Bilbao Museum of Fine Arts in 2013
Bibliography
French Art Nouveau Ceramics by Paul Arthur, Norma editions, 2015, p. 154.
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.
COFFEE POT, 1902
Repoussé and chased silver with a design of peacock feather, in three parts
Lid in carved and patinated ivory grip decorated with coffee beans
Carved ivory handle decorated with peacock eyes
In its fitted box titled FALIZE / Orfèvre-Joaillier / 8 rue d'Antin / PARIS
Lid bearing the inscription G. G. SOUVENIR DU 27 AVRIL 1902
With French Minerva mark et silversmith mark
20.5 cm high
According to the seller, this object was offered by the State to Mr. G. Griffon, consul of China. However this information could not be verified
Exhibition
Falize – A dinasty of jewelers, Wartski, London, June 10 – June 19, 1999, n° 162
1900, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 14 March – 26 June, 2000, ill. page 161, n°132
Bibliography
Katherine Purcell Falize – A dinasty of Jewelers, Thames and Hudson, 1999, illustrated 271, pl. 392. Another coffee pot of a similar shape can been seen in a “in situ” photograph representing the showroom in rue d'Autin in 1911, ill. p. 46, pl. 52
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Mr. Griffon fils, Paris XVIème
PAIR OF LAMPS, 1903
Gilded bronze and molded glass
50 cm. high
Bibliography
Art et Décoration, 1903, vol. I, illustrated p. 156 in an article by Frantz Jourdain that describes a building built avenue Victor-Hugo by Charles Plumet and whose interior was realized in collaboration with Tony Selmersheim
“LES OMBELLES”, 1903
Rare table lamp in chased gilt bronze and engraved molded blown glass
56.5 cm. high
Exhibition
Salon de la Société des Artistes Français, Paris, 1903
1900, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, March 14 – June 26, 2000, ill. p. 285, n. 307
Bibliography
Le Style moderne, L’Art appliqué. revue internationale, H. Laurens éditeur, Paris, 1903-1904, p. 5
Laurence Buffet-Challié, Le Modern Style, Baschet et Cie, éditeurs, Paris, n.d. p. 173, pl. n. 8
“COLOMBINE” FIVE LIGHT HANGING FIXTURE, CIRCA 1900
Gilt bronze and molded satinated glass, four glass flower buds
96 x 75 cm.
Bibliography
Edith Mannoni, Meubles et ensembles style 1900, Charles Massin éd., Paris, 1968, ill. p. 11
Wolf Uecker, Art Nouveau and Art Deco Lamps and Candlesticks, Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, 1986, ill. p. 44
PAIR OF CANDELABRA “IRIS” OR “REVE ET OBSESSION” CIRCA 1900
Figural gilt bronze; the base in green onyx
Signed, and stamped with foundry mark
54.6 cm. high
Exhibition
Salon des Artistes Français, 1898, for a variation of the design with two branches in silver, probably executed by Falize
Salon du Mobilier, Paris, 1905
Bibliography
Revue des arts décoratifs, 1898, inset plate p. 170, for a variation of the design with two branches
Les bronzes, l’orfèvrerie, la bijouterie au Salon du Mobilier de 1905, pl. 194: candélabre Iris
edited by Thiébaut, Fumière & Cie, avenue de l’Opéra
A. Duncan, Art Nouveau & Art Deco Lighting, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1978, pl. XXIX
Macklowe Gallery, Dynamic Beauty, ill. p. 77
“LA VAGUE”, 1902-1903
Rare pair of gilt bronze and moonstone table lamps, original patina
Signed
49 and 42 cm. high
Exhibition
Salon de la Société des Artistes Français, Paris, 1903
Exposition de l’Habitation, Grand Palais, Paris, 1904. Stand of maison Diot
Bibliography
L’Art Décoratif aux Expositions des Beaux-Arts, 1903, premier volume, Armand Guérinet, éditeur,
Librairie d’Art Décoratif, Paris, ill. pl. 90
L’Art Décoratif, August 1904, ill. p. 17
Victor Arwas, Art Nouveau: The French Aesthetic, Andreas Papadakis Publisher, London, 2002,
ill. p. 279
Provenance
The few examples in bronze of Max-Blondat’s work that have appeared at auction were all cast by
Siot-Decauville. No other foundry has been listed. There are 12 different models by Max Blondat
in the Siot-Decauville early 20th century catalogue but not our lamps which could have been executed as a special order or a discontinued model for cost reasons
