'GRANDE NUE SOCLE LIERRE' A FROSTED GLASS STATUE , RENE LALIQUE, MODEL INTRODUCED IN 1919 | Christie's

Sale 8013

20th Century Decorative Arts

New York, East

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10 June 1997

Browse Sale

Lot 103

'GRANDE NUE SOCLE LIERRE' A FROSTED GLASS STATUE

RENE LALIQUE, MODEL INTRODUCED IN 1919

Price realised

USD 12,075

Estimate

USD 6,000 - USD 8,000

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'GRANDE NUE SOCLE LIERRE' A FROSTED GLASS STATUE
rene lalique, model introduced in 1919
Molded as a standing nude maiden with a raised arm and floor-length hair, fitted into a circular wooden chinoiserie stand, glass engraved R. Lalique France No: 836
16¼in. (41.3cm.) overall height
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Lot Essay

cf. Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, Catalogue raisonné de l'oevre de verre, Les éditions de l'Amatuer, Paris, ref. no. 836; C. Vane Percy, The Glass of Lalique: a Collector's Guide, 1977, p. 125; Nicholas M. Dawes, Lalique Glass, 1986, p. 97 for illustrations of this model
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