Sale 5074
Paris
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21 October 2003
Price realised
EUR 3,055
Estimate
'BLEUETS' Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, 1920 Boîte en pâte-de-verre, à décor de bleuets en relief dans des tons de bleu violacé sur un fond transparent Hauteur : 7 cm. (2¾ in.); Diamètre : 8 cm. (3 1/8 in.) Signée G.ARGY-ROUSSEAU sur le corps et annoté FRANCE au revers
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Cf. : Janine Bloch-Dermant, G. Argy-Rousseau, catalogue raisonné, éditions de l'amateur, 1990, Paris, p. 185, n. 20.27
Post Lot Text
'BLEUETS', A PATE-DE-VERRE COVERED BOX By Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, 1920 Signed G.ARGY-ROUSSEAU on the body and inscribed FRANCE on the reverse
With her high-piled ringlets, gold earrings and heavy black kohl, the woman portrayed in this funerary painting offers a glimpse of life almost 2,000 years ago
Hongmiao Shi gets the specialists’ perspectives on a quartet of precious artworks and objects available for immediate purchase