LOT DETAILS

Materials:

patinated bronze

Measurements:

39.25 in. (99.70 cm.) (height) by 28.23 in. (71.70 cm.) (width) by 16.50 in. (41.90 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Exhibited:

Paris, Exposition Universelle, 1900; Tokyo, The National Museum of Art, René Lalique: 1860-1945, May-July 1992.

Literature:

For period images of René Lalique’s booth at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900: A. Quantin, L’Exposition du Siècle, Paris, 1901, p. 110; T. Mortimer, Lalique par Lalique, Florence, 1976, pp. 32-33; S. Barten, René Lalique, Schmuck und Objets d’art 1890- 1910, Berlin, 1977, p. 580; V. Becker, The Jewellery of René Lalique, 1987, exhibition catalogue, Goldsmith Hall, London, 1987, p. 15; Y. Brunhammer, The Jewels of Lalique, exhibition catalogue, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, International Gallery, Dallas Museum of Art, Paris, 1998, pp. 30, 32; H. Vever, French Jewelry of the Nineteenth Century, London, 2001, p. 1243; A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany, The Garden Museum Collection, Woodbridge, 2004, p. 611; René Lalique, Bijoux d’Exception 1890-1912, exhibition catalogue, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 2006, pp. 13, 220. For the present sculpture illustrated: G. Geffroy, L’Exposition Universelle de 1900 à Paris, Paris, 1902, pl. 38 (far left); E. Mannoni, Meubles et Ensembles, Style 1900, Paris, 1968, p. 21; René Lalique: 1860-1945, exhibition catalogue, The National Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1992, p. 271; H. Vever, French Jewelry of the Nineteenth Century, London, 2001, p. 1200. For other Femme Ailée sculptures: Stilkunst um 1900 in Deutschland (1922), exhibition catalogue Staatiliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, 1972, n. 931, fig. 186; L. Buffet-Challié, Le Modern Style, Paris, 1975, p. 146, n. 2; S. Barten, René Lalique, Schmuck und Objets d’art 1890-1910, Berlin, 1977, p. 581, n. 1821; V. Becker, The Jewellery of René Lalique, 1987, exhibition catalogue, Goldsmith Hall, London, 1987, pp. 28-29; The Jewels of Lalique, Exhibition catalogue, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, International Gallery, Dallas Museum of Art, Paris, 1998, p. 31; P. Greenhalgh, Essential Art Nouveau, London, 2000, p. 81, n. 77; P. Greenhalgh, Art Nouveau 1890-1914, exhibition catalogue, Victoria & Albert Museum, the National Gallery of Art, London, 2000, p. 247, pl. 15.11; A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany, The Garden Museum Collection, Woodbridge, 2004, p. 610; Y. Brunhammer, René Lalique, Bijoux d’exception 1890- 1912, exhibition catalogue, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 2006, p. 219.

Provenance:

Drouot, Paris, prior to 1976; Jean Roudillon, Paris, acquired from the above; Michel Périnet, Paris; American collection; Acquired from the above by the present owner.