MARCEL BOURAINE (1886-1948) FOR GABRIEL ARGY-ROUSSEAU (1885-1953)

A FIGURE, CIRCA 1920

Details

MARCEL BOURAINE (1886-1948) FOR GABRIEL ARGY-ROUSSEAU (1885-1953)
A FIGURE, CIRCA 1920
pâte-de-verre
11¾ in. (30 cm.) high
incised Bouraine and Pâte de Cristal d'Argy-Rousseau 9

Provenance

Gisella Orkin, New York;
Thence by descent in the family.

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Lot Essay

Gisella Orkin was a Broadway dancer in shows such as 'Kiss me Kate', 'Follow the Girls,' 'Look Ma, I'm Dancin'!' and 'Paint Your Wagon'. Cole Porter once told her: "You sing well, for a dancer". Nevertheless, he cast her as Venus in his musical 'Out of this World' and had a costume - a bikini made out of doves - made for her which scandalized the critics at the time. Ms.Orkin received this glass sculpture as a gift from her mother-in-law.

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