From the personal collection of Émile GALLÉ - Lot 31

From the personal collection of Émile GALLÉ Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904) Baluster-shaped Geology vase on hot-worked pedestal. Produced in double-layered glass, satin-finish transparent white for the neck and body of the vase and shaded dark blue for the base. The body of the vase is entirely hammered with small facets, and features an interleaved decoration of midnight-blue, brown and black vitrified powders and transparent white crystals. The pedestal and bottom of the vase are decorated with white and colored crystal motifs, applied on a gold-leaf background, in imitation of various rocks. The base of the pedestal is stepped on three levels (interspersed bubbles). Vertical signature engraved in relief on the body of the vase: Gallé. Circa 1889. Height: 24.5 cm Bibliography: Philippe Thiébaut Les Dessins d'Émile Gallé, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, March 1993, preparatory study for the Geology vase, watercolor and pencil drawing, Paris Musée d'Orsay, inventory no. ARO1986-825, gift of M. et Mme Jean Bourgogne, 1986, rep. p. 190; L'École de Nancy, 1889-1909, Art Nouveau et Industries d'Art du 24 avril au 26 juillet 1999, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, similar model rep. p. 78; Émile Gallé et le verre La Collection du Musée de l'École de Nancy, Éditions Somogy, Nancy,2004, similar model rep. p. 11 (in the Jules Cayette showcase), and rep. pp. 179 and 182 under no. 315; François Le Tacon l'OEuvre de verre d'Émile Gallé, Éditions Messene et Jean de Cousance, Paris 1998, similar model, rep. p. 146; Alastair Duncan The Paris Salon 1895-1914 - Volume IV Ceramics & Glass, Éditions Antique Collectors' Club, 1998, model reproduced p. 234. Exhibition: Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1905; Musée Galliera Exposition des Rénovateurs de l'Art Appliqué de 1890 à 1910, Paris, 1925, listed in the catalog of exhibited works described on page 22 under no. 539: "Vase géologie cristal blanc, taches d'oxydes (1889) Appartenant aux héritiers Gallé". Provenance: Émile Gallé's personal collection, remained in his descendants.