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Frédéric-Eugène Piat
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description
- Companion clock and barometer, circa 1867
- stamped H. PICARD
- silvered metal, enamel
- 104 x 30 cm. (41 x 12 in.)
executed by Henri Picard, Paris
silvered metal, silvered bronze, enamel
silvered metal, silvered bronze, enamel
Provenance
Piasa, Paris, 20 December 1999, lot 101
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Catalogue officiel des exposants récompensés par le jury international, Paris, 1867, pp. 40, 44-45
The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue of the Universal Exhibition, 1867, p. 168, the model illustrated
A. Luchet, L’art industriel français à l’exposition universelle de 1867, mobilier, vêtement, aliments, Paris, 1868, p. 320; Catalogue official, op. cit., pp. 44-45 for the model
J. Mesnard, Les merveilles de l’art et de l’Industrie, Antiquité, Moyen-âge, Renaissance, Temps Modernes, Paris, 1869, p. 138 for a discussion on the model
Werner Adriaenssens et al, Roberto Polo: The Eye, London, 2011, pp. 167, 174-175, illustrated pp. 174-175
The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue of the Universal Exhibition, 1867, p. 168, the model illustrated
A. Luchet, L’art industriel français à l’exposition universelle de 1867, mobilier, vêtement, aliments, Paris, 1868, p. 320; Catalogue official, op. cit., pp. 44-45 for the model
J. Mesnard, Les merveilles de l’art et de l’Industrie, Antiquité, Moyen-âge, Renaissance, Temps Modernes, Paris, 1869, p. 138 for a discussion on the model
Werner Adriaenssens et al, Roberto Polo: The Eye, London, 2011, pp. 167, 174-175, illustrated pp. 174-175
Catalogue Note
Frédéric Eugène Piat (d. 1903) was artistic director of the art bronze manufacturer, la maison Marchand. It was at his firm’s foremost exhibit at l’Exposition universelle, Paris in 1867 that they first exhibited the fontaine à eau parfumée (illustrated) from which the present lot is based. The design of both the fontaine and the present lot demonstrates Piat’s ability to combine elements from various historical movements and forge them into an innovative and modern aesthetic.