Reputed for its eclecticism, the Carré Rive Gauche has been a real Parisian institution for over
30 years. Although the story of this district no longer needs telling, that of its galleries is being
written every day, unfolding with the successive finds and discoveries of the art dealers…
This year, from 15 to 18 May 2014, the antique dealers and gallery owners of the Carré Rive
Gauche share with you their latest discoveries.
Every piece presented tells a story, sometimes even recounting an entire episode of history.
Whether through its provenance, or some poignant or unusual anecdote, all these objects
recall a memory from our own past while revealing theirs to us.
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1/ VERONIQUE GIRARD
Furniture, art objects, curiosities
7, rue des Saints-Pères – 01 42 61 55 79
Extraordinary, moving, personal knife of the
Marquise de Pompadour
The handle is a small lamb's foot with the
hoof in gold, engraved "Pierre Garnier", the
ferrule in gold and silver bears the arms of
the Marquise, and the steel blade is
encrusted with a plaque on which is
engraved "Marquise de Ponpadour (note the
"n" instead of an "m").
Il est intéressant de remarquer que Pierre
Garnier, grand ébéniste marqueteur était le
fournisseur de la Marquise et de son frère le
Marquis de Marigny.
Length of the knife : 23 cm
2/ GALERIE JEAN-PIERRE GROS
Furniture, art objects, curiosities
6 bis, rue des Saints-Pères – 01 42 61 28 15
Attr. Jean-Baptiste CORNEILLE (1649-1695)
Episode in the Life of Alexander
Alexander refusing the water offered by his
soldiers
Oil on canvas
Dimensions: H. 304 cm ; W. 431 cm
Provenance : Collection of King Louis
Philippe ; collection of the Marquis de
Courtilloles and his descendants
This painting, rediscovered, shows Alexander
the Great on a campaign during which water
was cruelly lacking.
Alexander refuses a goblet held out for him
to drink from, preferring to give precedence
to those companions in arms who are
suffering more than himself.
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3/ GALERIE PLA
Furniture, art objects, curiosities
18, rue de Beaune – 01 47 70 33 90
Exceptional solid silver model of the famous English
battleship, H.M.S. VICTORY, which was put into service in
1778 and saw action in the American War of
Independence, the French Revolution, and the
Napoleonic wars.
Enlivened by numerous figures, this model illustrates the
famous scene of the Battle of Trafalgar where Admiral
Nelson, in 1805, was mortally wounded by a bullet shot
by a crew member of the French ship Redoutable.
Commissioned from the renowned Italian jeweller Fasano
by an English Ambassador living in Turin, around 1920.
Weight : 40 kg
Dimensions : W. 215 cm ; D. 40 cm ; H. 162 cm
4/ GILLES LINOSSIER
Furniture, art objects, curiosities
11, quai Voltaire - 01 53 29 00 18
Trunk with marquetry by Charles Boulle, epoch of Louis
XIV, around 1700
Dimensions : H. 36 cm ; W. 61 cm ; D. 38 cm
As of the late 16th century, drawing inspiration from
Moorish craftsmen and antique decoration, Italians
encrusted their furnishings in copper, tin, ivory, motherof-pearl, and tortoiseshell to create dazzling, sumptuous
ornaments. Marquetry with tin and then copper
appeared in France around the middle of the 17th
century. Cardinal Mazarin in particular encouraged this
new practice that was to be brought to excellence by the
famous André-Charles Boulle (1642-1732) in the early
18th century. This travel chest quite alone expresses the
beauty and elegance of this unique technique. The twin
of this trunk is exhibited in the prestigious Schell
Collection Museum in Vienna, Austria.
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5/ GALERIE ALTERO
Furniture, art objects, curiosities
21, quai Voltaire – 01 42 61 19 90
Ruby Glass
Noble bohemian picnic set
18th century
Dimensions : H. 38 cm ; W. 26 ; D. 15 cm
Numerous stories abound concerning the fabrication of
the red glass known as "Ruby glass".
According to Bavarian legends, only witches, alchemists,
and magicians were privy to the secrets of producing this
ruby red glass. This mystery was lost and only resurfaced
in the 17th century.
6/ FRANCOIS HAYEM
Furniture, art objects, curiosities
3, rue du Bac – 01 42 61 25 60
Chair in crystal cut by the Osler factory in around 1880
Dimensions : H. 105 cm ; W. 50 cm
Crystal furniture was greatly appreciated in Indian
Palaces, and so is to be found in the collection of the
Maharana Sajjan Singh, begun in 1877 and exhibited in
the Crystal Gallery, City Palace, Udaipur.
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7/ GALERIE WANECQ
Furniture, art objects, curiosities
12, rue des Saints-Pères - 01 42 60 83 64
“Love and Fidelity” clock from the epoch of Louis XVI
Burnished gilt bronze, circa 1785
Clock face signed Kinable
Original gilding, great finesse of engraving
Base in cherry red marble
Dimensions: H. 45.5 cm; W. 45 cm; D. 10 cm
In the 18th century, allegory was used profusely in the
decorative arts as a means of fulfilling the neoclassical
imperative to “please and instruct”. Beyond the aesthetic
aspect of the object, some message was almost always to
be found. And the message is barely hidden on this clock
whose face, beneath a winged putto evoking Love, is
supported by two stretched out dogs symbolising Fidelity.
8/ GALERIE SAINT MARTIN
Furniture, art objects, curiosities
5 and 11, rue des Saints-Pères - 01 42 60 83 65
"Toupie hollandaise" spinning top game
Dimensions : L. 159.5 cm ; W. 76.5 cm ; H. 83 cm
France, circa 1880
Wood - Bronze - Brass
Provenance : former Terrail collection (of the Tour
d’Argent)
These game tables took their name from the Dutch
East India Company. Up to the end of the 18th
century, the Dutch spinning top game was greatly
prized by sailors of the famous company.
The example presented here is especially rare and
zesty: during the "Belle Epoque", this game table
occupied the antechamber of a Parisian brothel...
The table is in walnut wood and veneer. The playing
area is delineated by a rim elegantly bedecked with
balusters. Six bronzes show a set of particularly
short-skirted female figures overlooking the playing
area. A spinning top launched with the greatest
vigour must reach them after having knocked down
as many as possible of the skittles spread out along
the way.
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9/ GALERIE ATLANTE, DIDIER-JEAN NENERT
Furniture, art objects, curiosities
38, rue de Lille – 01 42 61 55 79
Alcove bench seat by Emilio Terry
Circa 1940
Dimensions : W. 177 cm
Provenance : collection of Charles de Beistegui Chateau de Groussay
The seat rests on small cutaway legs camouflaged
by finely crafted drapery trimmings. Its front
angles are slightly concave.
Embellished with cushions and small bolsters
adorned with pompoms, it is covered in
shimmering burnished gold coloured silk.
Emilio Terry, both neo-classical and baroque, was
an architect, draughtsman, decorator, and
landscaper. He launched what was to become
known as the "Louis XVII style", to which this
alcove seat refers, that is, furnishing and
architecture of an imaginary style freely inspired
by historical examples, especially by creators such
as Palladio or Claude Nicolas Ledoux.
It was from the 1950s that Terry undertook to
extend and decorate the Chateau de Groussay, in
Montfort-l'Amaury (Yvelines). He decorated every
room
and
designed
the
furniture
10/ DENIS DERVIEUX
Furniture, art objects, curiosities
25, rue de Beaune - 01 40 15 99 20
Trunk in studded leather bearing the arms of the
Marquise de Pompadour (three towers
surrounded by flowery scrolls and crowned with
a fleur-de-lis, an allusion to her royal
connections).
The arms flanked by the letters C and B refer to
the Chateau de Bellevue, built in Meudon in
1750.
Dimensions : W. 109 cm ; H. 58 cm ; D. 59 cm
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11/ GALERIE DELESALLE-HOURTON
Mobilier, objets d’art, curiosité
16, rue des Saints-Pères - 06 87 81 77 22
Rare patinated, gilded and bronze carved spring
Candlestick from the Empire period.
Dimensions : H. 40.3 cm ; L. 20.2 cm ; P. 9.1 cm
In 1806, the Girard Brothers, inventors of the spring
candlestick, presented this invention at the "Society of
Encouragement for the National Industry".
This invention was considered at the time as an new
economical system.
Its main advantage is that the candle wrapped in a tube
of tin, burns without spilling tallow and without the
need of a nose. The spring rises as it consumes.
Executed by the bronze-maker Claude Galle (17591815), located 9 rue Vivienne in Paris who was a major
bronze-maker of Napoleon I period, we can recognize
its main qualities : a rich gilding, an elegant carving and
fine forms .
12/ GABRIELLE LAROCHE
Furniture, art objects, curiosities
12, rue de Beaune and 25, rue de Lille - 01 42 97 59 18
Rare wedding cabinet of the Renaissance epoch
Richly sculpted with decoration representing the four
seasons
Red walnut wood - Toulouse, around 1580
Dimensions : H. 183 cm
This rare Renaissance cabinet is most richly adorned on
the doors and drawers with sculpted relief
representations of the four seasons. Accentuating a
ternary rhythm like the lower part, the upper part
opens onto two sculpted doors on which can be seen,
on the right, Spring, a woman crowned with foliage,
holding a basket overflowing with flowers and wearing
necklaces and bracelets on each arm. In light of all these
symbols, it can be supposed that this piece of furniture
was a wedding gift for an unknown couple.
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13/ GALERIE MARTEL-GREINER
20th Century Arts and Design
6, rue de Beaune - 01 42 60 24 61
François STAHLY (1911-2006)
The Angel II
Circa 1970
Oak, unique piece
Height : 290 cm
This angel has seen numerous artists pass before him,
witness of an entire epoch, the 1970s, when the Spanish
village of Cadaques was an important place of artistic
encounters and exchange.
François Stahly had set up his atelier in Cadaques and
spent his summers there with Parvine Curie. He placed
the sculpture at the heart of the traditional house that
they transformed together.
Cadaques rendered homage to the artist by installing one
of his works in the village, along a promenade
overlooking the sea.
14/ GALERIE CAROLE DECOMBE
20th Century Arts and Design
30, rue de Lille - 01 40 20 00 12
ZEUGMA
Exhibition from 15 May to 30 June 2014
Opening in the presence of the artists on 15 May from 6 p.m.
Guéridon Polka
Emmanuel Levet Stenne and Isabelle Sicart
Ceramic and lacquered metal
Dimensions : Ø 52 cm ; H. 55 cm
What happens when four creators with exceptional know-how
in the decorative arts of the 21st century bring their talents
together to accomplish a unique work?
The answer is to be discovered in the exhibition ZEUGMA
presented by the Carole Decombe gallery, showing the result of
this unprecedented collaboration between designer Emmanuel
Levet Stenne, Reese Studio (decoration), and ceramist Isabelle
Sicart.
"Zeugma" is a word of Greek origin meaning "harnessing" and
designating a rhetorical figure poetically associating dissimilar
ideas. Thus the exhibition is aimed at bringing together art and
design in the way of a crossing of sources of inspiration at once
organic and cosmic, ancient and contemporary, in short, the
meeting point between diverse horizons. Other than the work
conceived and created collectively, there can be seen
furnishings, lamps, and objects created individually, in pairs,
and by three.
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15/ GALERIE MINIMASTERPIECE
Esther de Beaucé
20th Century Arts and Design
16, rue des Saints-Pères - 01 42 61 37 82
Françoise PETROVITCH
Janus Ring
With lightness and gravity, the works of Françoise Pétrovitch
speak to us of the small things in life. In parallel with these
intimate accounts, is developed, without seeming to be, a hybrid
and terrifying bestiary. For her first piece of jewellery and first
collaboration with the MiniMasterpiece gallery, Françoise
Pétrovitch has designed a jewel-sculpture, a "Janus" ring, giving
her own interpretation of the famous two-faced Roman divinity,
with this idea of passage, between world of shadow and of light.
The "Janus" ring is an interlacing of several stories: the great
historical account alluded to through the artistic universe of a
contemporary artist, the story of a painter and sculptor coming
out of her habitual "comfort zone" to take on the theme of
artistic jewellery, and also the story of collaboration between an
artist and a publisher/gallery owner to bring forth a new object
of desire... the "Janus" ring.
16/ GALERIE DIANE DE POLIGNAC
20th Century Arts and Design
16, rue de Lille - 01 83 98 98 53
Paul JENKINS exhibition from 3 February to 3 May 2014
Paul JENKINS (1923-2012)
Phenomena Veronica
Acrylic on canvas, 1968
Dimensions : H. 161 ; W. 97cm
Having been trained from 1948 at the famous Art Students League
of New York, where he met Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and
Barnett Newman, Paul Jenkins is a fundamental artistic figure
associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement. Through
the technique of controlled paint-pouring, which prompted him to
pour the colour from the can itself directly onto the canvas, he
was fully part of the post-war wave of Action Painting, between
spontaneity and mastery of the artistic gesture. His works have
been collected throughout the world: at the Pompidou Centre in
Paris, the Stelelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Tate Gallery in
London, the Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, the Albertina in Vienna, the
MoMa, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the
Guggenheim Museum in New York, the National Gallery of Art in
Washington, the San Francisco Museum of Art, as well as in
renowned private collections and foundations such as the Maeght
Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence.
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17/ GALERIE JEAN-MARC LELOUCH
20th Century Arts and Design
11, quai Voltaire - 01 40 13 94 03
"Osselet" end table
Made in bronze, 3 patinas: polished bronze,
black, or silver, 50 copies of each
Dimensions : H. 50 cm ; W. 46 ; D. 18 cm
The "osselets" (game of jacks) that were played
with in the school yard… and that are
reinvented with pleasure for the home.
18/ GALERIE PHILIPPE GUEGAN
20th Century Arts and Design
12, rue de l’Université – 06 60 15 87 49
Paul HUGUES (1891 - 1972)
View from the landing of the Egyptian staircase
at the Louvre
Gouache on paper, Paris, 1946
Stamp of the atelier on the back
Dimensions : H.31 cm ; W.48 cm
This gouache by Paul Hugues describes the
return of works of art to French museums at the
end of the Second World War, after more than
seven years of chaotic and uncertain
displacement.
On roaming through the rooms of the Louvre
and other European museums, we often forget
the peril that menaced works of art in national
collections in the course of the last world
conflict, and the strange secret journeys they
had to undergo during the war in order to
escape the destruction to be feared through
bombing and fires, as well as pillaging by the
Nazi authorities.
While the people were to suffer from the war,
measures were taken, as of the Munich crisis in
1938, to ensure that the treasures of the
patrimony would not be destined to disappear,
by designating secret warehouses in the rural
areas of the centre and west of France, located
far from any strategic point in order to escape
the threat of bombing.
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19/ GALERIE TIAGO
Archaeology and civilisations
36, rue de l’Université – 01 42 92 09 12
Travel cabinet
Ebony and ivory
Spain – late 17th century
Dimensions : H. 55 cm ; W. 115 cm ; D. 32 cm
Intended for the safekeeping of private, military or liturgical
documents while on the move, this type of furniture has
existed at all epochs. Already present in some Egyptian
tombs, it was to contain personal or religious objects
destined to accompany the deceased in the beyond. In the
Middle Ages, drawers were added to enable easier access
to the contents.
The 16th and 17th centuries saw it adorned with precious
elements: silver, tortoiseshell, tin, gold, marquetry of
precious wood, ivory, and sumptuous interior decoration.
This cabinet may have belonged to a Spanish conquistador
and travelled to Mexico. Or did it remain calmly in Spain
conserving the precious belongings and letters of a Dona
awaiting the return of her husband gone to discover the
world?
20/ GALERIE CHENEL
Archaeology and civilisations
3, quai Voltaire – 01 42 97 44 09
FUSION exhibition from 15 May to 19 July 2014
Monopodium consisting of the leg and protome of a lion
Roman work, 2nd century A.D.
Marble
Dimensions : H. 93 cm
This interesting monopodium, because of its various
prestigious owners, also has its own story to
tell. Acquired by the founder of Christie’s auction house,
James Christie (1773-1831) for Charles Blundell (17611837) of Ince Blundell Hall, Lancashire, it was
subsequently bequeathed to John Gladstone, Fasque
House collection, Scotland.
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21/ GERARD LEVY
Archaeology and civilisations
17, rue de Beaune - 01 42 61 26 55
Medical Doll
China, 18th century
Ivory with blonde patina
Dimensions : W. 10 cm
Precious ivory statuette, usually kept in a leather pouch,
which accompanied the doctor. Thus, when he was at
the bedside of a woman patient, she was able to
indicate, in all modesty, where her ailment was located
(as women never showed themselves naked in front of
a man, even a doctor).
22/ MYRNA MYERS
Archaeology and civilisations
11, rue de Beaune - 01 42 61 11 08
Blue and white pouring vessel in the form of a
longevity fish, Hatcher Collection, China, Transition
period, 17th century.
Thirty one years ago, Captain Michael Hatcher
discovered a Chinese junk that had gone down in the
meridional China Sea around 1650 and on which
were found some 23,000 pieces of Chinese porcelain.
China was then going through one of the most
troubled periods in its history. One of the effects of
the fall of the Ming dynasty was the loss of official
control over the production of porcelain. Potters
were freed from the constraints of the court and
were able to come up with new designs and shapes
to satisfy the desires of the educated middle-class
clientele that represented a new market. It was in
this junk that was first discovered this kendi with
pouring spout encompassed by a broad disk together
with rare snow scenes. We can note the speed and
vitality of the brushwork and the gradations of blue
creating poetic effects. These pieces show a purely
Chinese sensibility despite their destination.
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23/ GALERIE ALAIN BOVIS
Archaeology and civilisations
8, rue de Beaune – 01 56 24 09 25
Pecking bird mask, Dogon, Mali
Wood with sheen from use
Dimensions : H. 52 cm
Dated from the 18th century
Provenance : Arman collection
This mask representing a pecking bird beneath the
statuette of a kneeling woman constitutes a major work
of Dogon sculpture.
Dating from the 18th century, it is one of the oldest
masks known to this day. Coming from the collection of
artist Armand Arman, it features on the cover of the
publication of the famous exhibition that took place in
New York in 1980, "Fragments of the Sublime".
Arman described this work as follows: "Just like the
Venus de Milo, this female beauty retains her grace”.
24/ GALERIE SISMANN
Archaeology and civilisations
7, rue de Beaune - 01 42 97 47 71
Pair of Caryatids
Burnished gilded wood
Venice, mid 17th century
Provenance : Collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre
Bergé
Dimensions : H. 204 cm
Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé in 1983 acquired the
"Chateau Gabriel", great neo-Gothic house built in 1874
overlooking the bay of Deauville on the heights of
Bénerville-sur-Mer. Before being left uninhabited for
many years, this property had belonged to publisher
Gaston Gallimard, who regularly played host there to
Marcel Proust while on holiday near Cabourg.
Wanting to bring this house back to life, Yves Saint
Laurent and Pierre Bergé entrusted decorator Jacques
Grangework with arrangement of the interior. This work,
both flamboyant and intimate, was in accord with the
vocation of this house dedicated to study and rest. The
Chateau Gabriel was to be sold in 2008 following the
death of Yves Saint Laurent. Among the rich and opulent
furnishings, alongside a selection of unusual and original
objects, these two caryatids decorated the entrance hall.
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25/ CRISTINA ORTEGA
Archaeology and civilisations
23, rue de Beaune – 01 42 61 09 57
Large silk scroll in its lacquer box
China, Hong Kong, 1882
Signed by Chong Woo Hong Kong, who was a silversmith and a
dealer of luxury export goods
Dimensions : L. 125 cm ; L. 25 cm
This large cream silk scroll, lined with pink silk has two carved
ivory finials. The scroll is presented in an amazing large lacquer
box painted in different shades of gold. The inner part of the
cover has a silk painted lining depicting court scene.
The scroll has high quality multicolor and gold embroidery of
blossoming flowers. In the center a text in the honor of Sir John
Pope Hennessy, eighth Governor of Hong Kong.
During his tenure, Hennessy realized that the Chinese people,
who were treated as second-class citizens up to that time, had
developed an increasingly important influence on the Hong
Kong economy. With that in mind, he lifted the ban that
forbade Chinese people from buying lands, constructing
buildings, and operate businesses in the Central District. This
caused a development boom in the Central District. Also, he
allowed Chinese immigrants in Hong Kong to naturalize as
British subjects. He appointed the first Chinese member, Ng
Choy, (who would later become the Minister of Foreign Affairs
of the Republic of China) to the Legislative Council.
Also, during his rule, he established the first Grant-in-Aid
system in education area. This is a very important point for the
educational history of Hong Kong.
Soon after arriving in Hong Kong, in April 1877, Hennessy set
out to implement the "separate system" in Victoria Goal,
meaning separate cells for prisoners, during the night if not also
during the day.
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26/ GALERIE ARTESEPIA
Paintings, drawings, ancient sculptures
25, rue de Beaune – 01 42 96 29 21
Jacques Charles BONNARD (1765-1818)
Valençay – The Rabbit Warren (Duke of Talleyrand's
meeting place for the hunt)
Circa 1807
Pair of drawings
Pen, brown ink, brown and grey wash tint
Dimensions : H. 26 x W. 40.2 cm (x2)
Each signed with a monogram at bottom left
This elegant pavilion, place of pleasure built by Talleyrand
from 1805 to 1806, seems to have been inspired to him
by Renard, his architect. But the death of the latter, in
1807, may well have led his successor, Bonnard, to
finalise this original construction, in the style known as
Italian rustic, of which there remain few examples. Now
private property, this pavilion was initially part of the
chateau, from which it was separated by the deviated
route of the road in direction of Châteauroux.
27/ LA CREDENCE
Paintings, drawings, ancient sculptures
18, rue des Saints-Pères – 01 40 20 93 31
The Pfiferrari
Oil on canvas, signed "Odier Romae, 1853"
Edward Alexandre Odier, pupil of J.D. INGRES
Dimensions : W. 71 cm; H. 110 cm
"I only noticed one popular kind of music while I was at
Rome, which may be regarded as a remnant of antiquity:
that of the Pifferari. These are wandering musicians who
towards Christmas come down from the mountains four
or five at a time, with bagpipes and pifferi (a sort of hautbois), on which they perform sacred music before the
images of the Madonna. They generally wear large brown
cloth cloaks and pointed brigand hats, and there is a
strange, wild air about them which is quite unique…"
Extract from the Memoirs of Hector Berlioz, chapter 39.
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28/ GALERIE DELVAILLE
Furniture, art objects, curiosities
15, rue de Beaune - 01 42 61 23 88
The Anecdote Albert GUILLAUME (1873-1942)
Oil on panel, signed at bottom right
Dimensions : H. 66 cm ; W. 54 cm
Albert Guillaume was the most famous caricaturist of
the Belle Epoque. Artist of paintings and drawings, he
described with humour and sarcasm the portrait of
Parisian high society. Here, Albert Guillaume portrays an
evening social gathering featuring five characters. In the
atmosphere of a smoking room, one takes pleasure in
telling an amusing story in front of an attentive
audience. The characters, true caricatures, leave us to
imagine their quirks.
Although the narrator's look is turned towards the three
men, he seems intent on pleasing the pretty young
woman sitting on the sofa in the foreground. Beyond
the anecdote, the artist provides us with a photographic
image of the worldly salons of this Belle Epoque, period
of nonstop pomp and amusement, when time was given
over to pleasure and leisure.
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29/ GALERIE DES MODERNES
Modern and contemporary paintings, drawings, sculptures
2, rue des Saints-Pères - 01 83 97 22 57
Jean FAUTRIER (1898 - 1964)
Pear and grapes, around 1928-1929
Oil on canvas
Dimensions : H. 55 ; W. 46 cm
This painting comes from the collection of the famous art dealer
Paul Guillaume, whose Déodat stamp it bears on the back of the
canvas. Jean Fautrier, supported in his early years by Jeanne
Castel and Paul Guillaume, is thought of as a precursor of
Informal Art. Paul Guillaume was one of the greatest dealers and
collectors of 20th century modern art. In his Parisian gallery, he
exhibited Soutine, Modigliani, and Fautrier, and was one of the
first to present African Art. His personal collection, one of the
biggest in Europe, was modified after his death in 1934 by his
wife Domenica, remaried to the architect Jean Walter. Purchased
by the state between 1959 and 1963, subject to usufruct, the
Walter-Guillaume Collection includes 16 works by Cézanne, 23
by Renoir, 5 by Modigliani, 12 by Picasso, 10 by Matisse, 27 by
Derain, and 22 by Soutin. This remarkable collection only came
to be permanently housed within the walls of the Orangerie
Museum in the Tuileries gardens after the death of Domenica in
1977, and is today one of the jewels in its crown.
30/ GALERIE DUMONTEIL
Modern and contemporary paintings, drawings, sculptures
38, rue de l’Université – 01 42 61 23 38
Georges-Lucien GUYOT (1885-1973)
Seated lioness, head to left
Bronze, signed, Fonte Susse
Dimensions : L. 90 cm ; W. 40 cm ; D. 40 cm
Having privileged access to the Paris Jardin des Plantes and its
exotic residents, Georges-Lucien Guyot drew inspiration from
them, observing their character as well as their physique.
One of his favourite subjects, a lioness, was accustomed to his
presence. During the artist's frequent visits, she would
approach him, extending her snout for him to caress and
purring like a domestic cat. "In love" with the Master, she
imposed herself as model for want of becoming his muse, and
got into the habit of posing so elegantly that he ended up
making this portrait of her. We can find in this all the artist's
tender affection for the animal, and all the animal's boundless
trust in the Master. Guyot who affirmed loud and clear : "You
must never cheat" transcribed into this sculpture all the
sincerity of his art.
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31/ GALERIE LAURENCE VAUCLAIR
Ceramic Arts and Glass-making
24, rue de Beaune – 06 09 48 27 86
Sarreguemines factory
Alexandre and Paul de Geiger, around 1880
Decorative panel : Lohengrin de Wagner
Polychrome enamelled earthenware
Dimensions : H. 165 cm ; W. 90 cm
Panel made up of 66 fine earthenware tiles
Signed at bottom right:
"Sarreguemines Utzschneider et Cie”
This decorative panel composed of fine white earthenware
tiles was created at Sarreguemines. It no doubt represents
a free interpretation of Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin.
Intended for the interior ornamentation of a rich home,
the panel was able to figure among the various
international exhibitions in which the prestigious
Sarreguemines factory participated.
32/ JM BEALU & FILS
Ceramic Arts and Glass-making
3, rue du Bac – 01 45 48 46 53
Salad bowl in Nevers earthenware, known as à l’Arbre
d’Amour (Tree of Love)
Polychrome decoration
Dated 1787 with numerous inscriptions and the name
"Mathurin Rouleau. prestre"
Dimensions : D. 31.5 cm
This decoration was inspired by an engraving from the
late 16th century that depicts in a humorous way the
struggle between men and women. The men are perched
on the branches of a tree, at the top of which Love sits
enthroned, and the women are trying to get them to
come down. The men pass their days happily, out of
reach of the entreating women who, tired of this state of
affairs, surround the tree, pleading with the men to come
down, and bringing gifts to persuade them to be
conciliating: "Pleasantly accept this snuffbox" or "The
charming Isabeau offers him a fine hat".
But seduction is not enough, and the most radical means
consists of sawing through the tree trunk.
The Tree of Love can be interpreted as suggesting that
husbands are hard birds to remove from the nest, and as
a way of mocking girls in search of a husband.
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33/ GALERIE CHEVALIER
Textile arts
17, quai Voltaire – 01 42 60 72 68
ROLLS OF THREAD, STORIES, STORIES THAT ARE ROLLED OUT
By Aurélie Mathigot
Exhibition from 16 May to 28 June 2014
Opening on Thursday 15 May 2014
Hidden in the shade of a big oak, I take the sun
Aurélie Mathigot
Photo printed on canvas - embroidered thread - glass beading
and ancient beads
Dimensions : H. 92 ; W. 65 cm
The embroidered photos by Aurélie Mathigot for this exhibition
are extracts taken from ancient tapestries in the collection of
the Chevalier gallery.
"It was in looking attentively at numerous tapestries at the
Chevalier gallery that I realised to what extent nature was
present among them, luxuriant, delicate, and protective.
And I felt the same wave of sensations as that I can have in
stretching myself out on my plot of ground in the
countryside, where I would like to be a tree with roots so wide
and deep that no wind, no event could make it fall."
Aurélie Mathigot, February 2014
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34/ QUINTESSENCE
Decoration and art of living
38, rue de l’Université - 01 83 98 98 53
Dirigo Candle (Head: rosemary essence, cypress
essence / Core: pine needle essence, green leaves /
Base: balsam fir retinoid, cedarwood essence)
This candle is the result of a union with La Chance
designer furniture company, whose destiny has been
linked to that of Quintessence since releasing their
first pieces of furniture, presented in 2012 in Milan.
A second "olfactory" union with the universe of
Quintessence is the result of an offer to collaborate
on the creation of an "artist candle". Together, the
two companies decided to use a material that is a
favourite for La Chance but a new one for
Quintessence: marble. A few days later, a block of
white Carrara marble and a block of black Marquina
marble arrived at the studio, and the adventure was
able to begin.
The result is a candle-sculpture in faceted marble
produced by La Chance and which is given life by the
aromatic notes elaborated by the perfumer Domitille
Bertier.
*Dirigo: (Latin), verb: lead, order, put in line.
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