細節
Léon Leyritz (1888-1976)
Sculpture, vers 1928
En pierre de Lap patinée noire et feuille d'or en application partielle, figurant un nu masculin stylisé, la terrasse rectangulaire
Hauteur : 218 cm. (85 5/8 in.)
Signée 'L. LEYRITZ' sur un coté de la terrasse
來源
Vente Aguttes, Paris, Arts Décoratifs du XXème, Peinture & Arts Graphiques, 10 mars 2010, lot 113.
出版
Paul Montagnac, Intérieurs au Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris, 1932, id., pl. 36 ;
Paul Léon, catalogue de l'Exposition du Lap, juin 1928.
更多詳情
A black-patinated Lap stone fountain, representing a stylised male nude, with gold foil inclusions, by Léon Leyritz, circa 1928, signed with the artist's mark to the base.
A synthetic product refined in 1922, Lap gave to cement the sparkle of marble through the addition of enamels, and metals such as gold or bronze, the whole fired at a high temperature. No longer produced, Lap was a popular material of the inter-war period, used first by Ruhlmann for the cladding of his dining room at the Exposition des Arts Décoratifs of 1925, and subsequently by the Martels for the decoration of the chapel of the ocean liner, 'Normandie'.
A renowned sculptor during the '20s and '30s, Léon Leyritz was also close to the world of music, including friendship with Maurice Ravel -- for whom he realised a portrait bust, in addition to the interior decoration of his Paris apartment. Leyritz also undertook the stage design of numerous theatrical productions, especially those for Marcel Achard, where his sculptures were displayed alongside furnishings by Eugène Printz.