Exceptionelle II
Lot 492:
Description
Keywords: Art Nouveau stoneware, polychrome plaque, enameled ceramic, allegorical figures, 19th-century decorative art, French Art Nouveau, decorative panel, Salon des Beaux-Arts
Art Nouveau polychrome enameled stoneware plaque The Hours designed by Eugène Grasset and ceramic casting by Emile Muller & Cie, circa 1895. Six female figures personifying the months float amid stylized clouds; circular reserve at top intended for a clock insert. Signed lower left for Muller; monogram “G” lower right for Grasset. Émile Muller & Cie collaborated with renowned artists like Eugène Grasset, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Hector Guimard, among others, to create decorative and architectural pieces.
Exhibited:
Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1895.
Bibliography References:
Les Arts décoratifs au Salon de 1895, Revue des Arts décoratifs (1894–1895), L’Art Nouveau by Eugène Grasset, and Eugène Grasset by Yves Plantin & Françoise Blondel.
Measurements: 18 x 7 in. (45.7 x 17.8 cm.) approx
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