selection 1 for mrs karen lotman
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architectureand monumental decoration
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Architecture
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MonuMental decoration
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a.c. VerMare Sculptor(1869-1949)
French School
F. BarBedienneBronze-caster
(1810-1892)
MonuMental Bronze Fountain "diana huntress"
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na.c. VerMare ref: 1307/66bSculptor(Lyon, 1869 – Ile de Bréhat (Ctes d’Armor), 1949)French School
F. BarBedienneBronze-caster(1810-1892)
MonuMental Bronze Fountain "diana huntress"
Signed A. Vermare and F. Barbedienne Fondeur
FranceCirca 1890
Height: 470 cm (15 1/3 feet); Width: 390 cm (12 3/4 feet); Depth: 170 cm (5 1/2 feet)
Chiseled bronze with green patina. Representing a classic scene from the Greco-Roman mythology. Young prince Acteon, hunting with his dogs, surprises the goddess Diana bathing naked in a pond. Furious, Diana metamorphoses Acteon into a deer and lets his dogs devour him. This work is a perfect example of André Vermare’s talent for monumental group sculpture. This piece is particularly accomplished: the different elements of the composition form an ascending theme, leading the eye from the base to the top of the sculpture. From the deer chased by two dogs, followed by a frightened child, to Diana, disheveled and naked, proudly dominating the composition.
Provenance: M. Roxoroïz de Belford aquired this masterpiece in June 1913, directly from the artist. The fountain was then placed in a niche situated in the court of his hôtel particulier, located 29 avenue Bugeaud in Paris.
The city of Paris also acquires part of Vermare’s production:- Les Vendanges, Bronze group exhibited at the 1906 Salon and displayed the same year in the "Square Trousseau" garden in Paris (that bronze group has been destroyed during World War II).- Pierrot, a marble sculpture exhibited at the 1911 Salon, and purchased to complete the Petit-Palais Museum collection.
André Vermare contributed as well to numerous official monuments:- A Sadi Carnot, for Saint-Chamond town, in 1895.- Aux Combattants de 1870-71, for Saint-Etienne town, in 1897.- Au docteur Gailleton, for Lyon city, in 1913.- Au Cardinal Touchet, for Orleans city. - Au Cardinal Tascherau, for Québec.
Beside his official orders and his permanent participation to the Salons de la Société des Artistes Français, André Vermare also sculpted allegorical and mythological works and religious pieces. He was the creator of the famous Jeanne d’Arc portant son étendard displayed in Saint Louis des Français church in Rome.
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lacarrière Founder
(19th century)
rare pair oF
Gilded Bronze
three liGhts candelaBras
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lacarrière ref: 1608/13Founder(19th century)
rare pair oF three liGhts candelaBras
Signed Lacarrière Delatour et Cie, Paris 1895
Height: 3,20 m (10 ft. 5 in.); Width: 1,25 m (4 ft. 1 in.); Depth: 50 cm (19 2/3 in.)
This pair of candelabras comes from the former bridge of Suresnes, just on the outskirts of Paris. The art of lighting went through a considerable change with the industrialisation of gaz prior to the introduction of elecricity. French cities and salons alike were equiped with candelabras. But it was not until 1890 that apartements were supplied with electricity, yet to remain a great luxury for quite some time.
BibliographyCatalogue de l’Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878.L’univers des bronzes, Yves Devaux, Ed. Pygmalion, Paris, 1978, p° 278."La petite sculpture au XIXème s. Les éditeurs", Bernard Metman, Archives de l’Art français, 1989, t. XXX, p° 200.
related work : Alexandre III Bridge lamp posts by Lacarrière Delatour cie.
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a set oF Four Venitian palace douBle doors
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a set oF Four Venitian palace douBle doors ref: 2007/54
ItalyLate 19th century
Height: 318 cm (10 1/2 ft.); Width: 164 cm (5 1/3 ft.)
Exceptional set of two double doors and two false double doors, made in lacquered and gilded wood, decora-ted with gilded motifs and painted polychrome flower bunches.
Provenance: Venitian Palace.
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A.-E. BeurdeleyCabinet-maker and Bronze-caster
(1847-1919)
exceptional set
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urns and pedestals
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A.-E. Beurdeley ref: 1307/12Cabinet-maker and Bronze-caster(1847-1919)
exceptional set oF urns and pedestals
Signed "BY " on the back of the bronze mounts
FranceCirca 1890
Urns / Height: 76 cm (30 in.); Width: 62 cm (24 1/2 in.) Pedestals / Height: 115 cm (45 1/3 in.); Base: 53 x 53 cm (20 3/4 x 20 3/4 in.)
Exceptional pair of gilded bronze and gadrooned very rare "African Brèche" marble covered vases. Beautifully decorated with acanthus leaves, scrolls and lion masks motifs. Magnificent pedestals decorated on three sides with exceptional "Sicily Jasper" plaques framed with water leaves motifs. Gilt-bronze mounts figuring lion masks, scrolls, garlands, acanthus leaves and laurel crowns.
Considering the quality of the bronze chiseling, of the mercury gilding as well as the rarety of the marbles such the "African Brèche" and "Sicily Jasper", these presented pieces can be considered as one of the most prestigious works produced by A.-E. Beurdeley.
BibliographyL'univers des bronzes, Yves Devaux, Ed. Pygmalion, Paris, 1978, p°261."La saga Beurdeley (1814-1919)", Bernard Dorival, B.S.H.A.F., 1989, p°191.L’ameublement d’art français, 1850-1900, Camille Mestdagh, Les Ed. de l’Amateur, Paris, 2010, p°130.
related work: Alfred-Emmanuel Beurdeley took inspiration for his vases from the famous model, made in antique porphyry, mounted with gilt bronzes in the 18th century and now part of the collections of the Louvre Museum.A similar pair of vases, made in gilded bronze mounted porphyry, was made by Alfred-Emmanuel Beurdeley for the Great Hall of The Breakers, Newport (USA), the luxurious estate of Cornelius II Vanderbilt.
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FranceCirca 1880
Height: 160 cm (63 in.); Total Length: 213 cm (84 in.)
Made in wrought-iron, interior gate composed of two gate-sides and two doors, with an elegant decor made of scrolls, enriched with gilt bronze ornaments.
Provenance: Mansion along the Monceau Park in Paris.
a Fine interior Gate ref: 0702/68
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a Fine interior Gate ref: 2007/41
FranceCirca 1880
Height: 166 cm (65 1/3 in.); Total Length: 247 cm (97 1/4 in.)
Made in polished wrought-iron, interior gate composed of two gate-sides and an arched door, with an elegant decor made of scrolls, enriched with gilt bronze ornaments such the laurel garlands and tied ribbons.
Provenance: Private Mansion in Paris.
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a louis xV style chiMney Mantelpiece ref: 2704/1
FranceCirca 1880
Height : 108 cm (42 1/2 in.) ; Width : 144 cm (56 2/3 in.) ; Depth : 44 cm (17 1/3 in.)Opening – Height : 85/90 cm (33 1/2/35 1/2 in.) ; Width : 102 cm (40 in.)
A fine large Louis XV style chimney mantelpiece, made in serpentine shaped white « Carrara » marble, ornamented with scrolls, flowers and a centering shell cartouche.
Provenance: Private Mansion on Republic square, in Paris.
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a louis xV style chiMney Mantelpiece ref: 2704/2
FranceCirca 1880
Height : 111 cm (43 3/4 in.) ; Width : 155 cm (61 in.) ; Depth : 43 cm (17 in.)Opening – Height : 83/88 cm (32 2/3/34 2/3 in.) ; Width : 106 cm (41 3/4 in.)
Exceptional large Louis XV style chimney mantelpiece, made in serpentine shaped white « Carrara » marble, beautifully ornamented with scrolls, large acanthus leaves, flowers and a centering shell cartouche.
Provenance: Private Mansion on Republic square, in Paris.
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iMportant napoleon iii period Mantelpiece ref: 2704/3
FranceCirca 1870
Height : 129 cm (50 3/4 in.) ; Width : 223 cm (87 3/4 in.) ; Depth : 52 cm (20 1/2 in.)Opening – Height : 100 cm (39 1/3 in.) ; Width : 152 cm (59 3/4 in.)
A very large chimney mantelpiece, made of white-grey veined marble, ornated with mouldings and console legs ; enriched with gilt-bronze mounts such a large centering female mask, further masks on the sides depicting Hercule, as well as various foliate ornaments inspired by the Louis XIV style.
Provenance: Private Mansion on Foch avenue, in Paris.
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andré césar Vermare (1869-1949) André César Vermare (son of sculptor André Vermare) grew up in a French and Italian renaissance admiration. He studies sculpture at the Lyon École des Beaux-Arts, where he receives a gold medal in 1889 before joining the workshop of Alexandre Falguière (1837-1900) in Paris. In 1899, André César Vermare wins the "Premier Prix de Rome" for a plaster bas relief representing "Adam and Eve finding the body of Abel". This sculpted group, "triangular and compact, in a clay and smoke recently born world decor", is
still displayed at the Paris École des Beaux Arts.
ferdinand Barbedienne (1810-1892)Born in 1810, Ferdinand Barbedienne started at n°30 boulevard Poissonnière in Paris one of the most famous 19th century artistic bronze casting companies. He died in 1892. In addition to his personal production, he worked for famous artists such as Auguste Clésinger (1814-1883), Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887) and Louis Barrias (1841-1905 At the London Universal Exhibition of 1862 Barbedienne exhibited some "opaque cloisonné" enamel works, which were for most of them designed by Constant Sévin (1821-
1888), and won medals in three different categories: Furniture, Silversmith work and Artistic bronzes, combining for some pieces with enamels (Oriental style cup, Château de Compiègne, Inv. C 71-122). Barbedienne’s production was always highly esteemed and he was, himself admired by contemporary art critics who compared him during the 1878 Universal Exhibition to a "prince of industry and the king of bronze-casting".
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