Property from the Private Collection of Lloyd and Barbara Macklowe
HECTOR GUIMARD | COVERED JAR
Auction Closed
December 12, 09:10 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Private Collection of Lloyd and Barbara Macklowe
HECTOR GUIMARD
COVERED JAR
circa 1898-1899
executed by Gilardoni et Brault, Choisy-le-Roi, France
glazed stoneware, patinated bronze
the jar impressed with artist's monogram
6 in. (15.2 cm) high
5 in. (12.7 cm) diameter
Robert Walker, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1970
Philippe Thiébaut, Guimard, exh. cat., Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1992, p. 258
Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salons, 1895-1914, Vol. IV: Ceramics and Glass, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1995, p. 250
Victor Arwas, Art Nouveau: The French Aesthetic, London, 2002, p. 35 (for the present lot illustrated)
Georges Vigne, Hector Guimard, Architect Designer 1867-1942, New York, 2003, p. 99, no. 9