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An animal figure 'Cat'

Emile Gallé (Nancy 1846 - Nancy 1904)


An animal figure 'Cat'

Lot-No. 985


Nancy, around 1884. Faience, reddish pottery, glazed in white, with applied green glass eyes. A naturalistically modelled cat, looking to the left. On ground sign. 'E. Gallé Nancy' (blue letters). Verso min. chips, min. rest. H. 34,5 cm. - Designer of the body is prob. Gengoult Prouvé, a longtime collaborator of Charles Reinemer-Gallé, father of Emile Gallé. Emile Gallé itself is the designer of the different galzings. (Comp. Nancy, Jugendstil in Lothringen 1900, p. 188 ff. - here with an other painting.). - One of the most famous glass artists of the French Art Nouveau, studied in Weimar and Meisenthal, staied in London and Paris, the first successes at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1878. - Mus: represented in leading art museums in the world. - Lit: Garner, Emile Gallé, 1979

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Emile Gallé: An animal figure 'Cat'


Emile Gallé (Nancy 1846 - Nancy 1904)

An animal figure 'Cat'

Lot-No. 985

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Nancy, around 1884. Faience, reddish pottery, glazed in white, with applied green glass eyes. A naturalistically modelled cat, looking to the left. On ground sign. 'E. Gallé Nancy' (blue letters). Verso min. chips, min. rest. H. 34,5 cm. - Designer of the body is prob. Gengoult Prouvé, a longtime collaborator of Charles Reinemer-Gallé, father of Emile Gallé. Emile Gallé itself is the designer of the different galzings. (Comp. Nancy, Jugendstil in Lothringen 1900, p. 188 ff. - here with an other painting.). - One of the most famous glass artists of the French Art Nouveau, studied in Weimar and Meisenthal, staied in London and Paris, the first successes at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1878. - Mus: represented in leading art museums in the world. - Lit: Garner, Emile Gallé, 1979

An animal figure 'Cat'
An animal figure 'Cat'