Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904)
Symbolist "Genesis"... Lot 13
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Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904)
Symbolist "Genesis" vase - 1898
Multi-layered crystal marquetry with polychrome inlay effects, decorated with a flight of butterflies chiseled with a turret on an intaglio engraved background animated with scrolls.
Signed "Gallé" with a double line in the decoration.
H. 26 cm
Source :
Victor Arwas Collection,
Quittenbaum Art Nouveau - Art Déco sale, November 17, 2020 in Munich, lot no. 208
A comparable example is in the collection of the Musée des Arts et Métiers under inventory number 13064-0000.
Bibliography :
Alastair Duncan, Georges de Bartha,
Gallé le verre, Éditions Bibliothèque des Arts, Paris, 1985, p.101 n° 101 for a comparable copy
Tsuneo Yoshimizu,
The Glass Arts Of Émile Gallé, Éditions Gakken Co. Ltd, Japan, 1985, no. 236 for a similar copy
Kiyoshi Suzuki,
Glass of art Nouveau :
Collection of the Kitazawa Museum of Art, Mitsumura Suiko Shoin Publishing Co, Ltd, Japan, 1994, p.134 n°153 for a comparable copy.
Victor Arwas,
Glass, Art nouveau to Art deco, Academy Editions, London, 1997, p.97 for our copy
Literature :
François Le Tacon: Escape from the still shadows! Or la Genèse selon Émile Gallé d'après Leconte de Lisle. Mémoires de l'Académie de Stanislas, communication of March 34, 2021
Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904)
A crystal "La genèse" vase by Émile Gallé, signed - 1898
H.: 10.24 in.
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