'LIERRE', A PATE-DE-VERRE BOWL , GABRIEL ARGY-ROUSSEAU, CIRCA 1919 | Christie's

Sale 8890

IMPORTANT 20TH CENTURY DECORATIVE ARTS

New York, Park Avenue

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11 June 1998

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Lot 93

'LIERRE', A PATE-DE-VERRE BOWL

GABRIEL ARGY-ROUSSEAU, CIRCA 1919

Price realised

USD 8,625

Estimate

USD 5,000 - USD 7,000

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'LIERRE', A PATE-DE-VERRE BOWL
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, circa 1919
3in. (8.9cm.) high
signed in the mold G. ARGY-ROUSSEAU, molded underneath the base FRANCE
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Lot Essay

cf. Janine Bloch-Dermant, G. Argy-Rousseau, Glassware as Art, 1991, p. 180, fig. 19.02
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