Art as Jewelry as Art
Art as Jewelry as Art
Line Vautrin
L'anémone et L'ancolie (Anemone and Columbine) Box
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October 6, 05:41 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Line Vautrin
1913 - 1997
L'anémone et L'ancolie (Anemone and Columbine) Box
circa 1950, stamped LINE VAUTRIN, title in poem carved on front (see note)
gilded bronze box with original cork-lined interior
4⁄10 by 2 3⁄10 by 1¾ in.; 1.08 by 5.72 by 4.52 cm.
Private Collection, France
Christian et Catherine Boutonnet and Rafaël Ortiz, Line Vautrin: Exposition du 6 Decembre 2002 au 31 Janvier 2003, L’Arc en Seine, Paris, 2002, p. 12-13
Anne Bokelberg, Line Vautrin: Poesie in Metall, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 2003, p. 77, no. 6
Patrick Mauriès, Line Vautrin: Miroirs, Galerie Chastel Marechal, Paris, 2004, p. 79 for similar objects
The inscription on the cover of Line Vautrin’s L'anémone et L'ancolie (Anemone and Columbine) Box is an excerpt from the wistful poem ‘Clotilde’ by Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918): L'anémone et l'ancolie / Anemone and columbine ont poussé dans le jardin / Opened in gardens où dort la mélancolie / Where gloom has lain entre l'amour et le dédain / Between love and disdain
When Vogue called the artist a ‘poetess of metal’ in 1948, it was tongue-in-cheek — and yet absolutely correct. It is a bittersweet yet elegant little box that immortalizes a short, wistful poem.