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EMILLE GALLE(1846-1904) OVERLAID AND ETCHED CAMEO GLASS

EMILLE GALLE(1846-1904) OVERLAID AND ETCHED CAMEO GLASS

$ 52800

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  • Main Color: Green
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    Description

    Property of a Palm Beach Gentleman
    EMILE GALLÉ, FRENCH (1846-1904)
    A Rare and Important Crocus Marqueterie-Sur-Verre Vase, circa 1900, applied and wheel-carved, with martele ground.
    13.75 in. (34.9 cm.) high
    signed Gallé
    Provenance
    Christie's
    May 4, 2007, lot 83
    Galerie des Arts Decoratifs, Lausanne, 1972
    Lotar and Vera Neumann Collection; The Neumann Foundation, Lausanne
    Exhibited: Musee Bellerive, Emile Galle, Zurich, 28th May-17th August, 1980.
    Foundantion Neumann and Musee de I'Ecole de Nancy, Verreries d'Emile Galle de l'Oeuvre Unique a la Serie, 2004, p.91, no.78
    Literature: Musee Bellerive, Emile Galle, 1980, no.87 Georges de Bartha, L'Art 1900, Lausanne, 1993, p.66 Foundation Neumann & Musee de l'Ecole de Nancy. Verreries d'Emile Galle de l'Oeuvre Unique a la Serie, 2004 p.91, no.78
    Emile Gallé was a master craftsman who skillfully interpreted the natural world using different shapes and shades of glass and crystal. His pioneering techniques are said to have ‘inscribed in matter the emotion of life’.