THEODORE DECK (1823-1891) - Lot 24

THEODORE DECK (1823-1891) Rooster, large model Rare sculpture forming a bouquetière and/or table centerpiece. Polychrome glazed ceramic proof, the plumage treated in turquoise, violet, blue, ivory, yellow and brown. A small chip and the inner part of the feathering at the base is missing. Signed TH.DECK under the base. H.41.5 cm - L.29.5 cm - W.22 cm Public collections and related works : - Musée Théodore-Deck et des pays du Florival, Guebwiller - An identical model, with slight variations in color and dimensions, is preserved in the collections of this institution under inventory number MF 114. - Château Borély, Musée des Arts décoratifs, de la Faïence et de la Mode, Marseille - Identical models, with slight variations, are held in the collections of this institution under inventory numbers GF 4183, GF 4184 and GF 4194. - The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA - An identical model is kept in the collections of this institution under inventory number 48.2537. Exhibition and related work : Théodore Deck - Musée Cantini, Marseille, from January to February 1980. - Identical models presented at this exhibition (nos. 118 and 119). Bibliography: - Pierre Kjellberg, "Théodore Deck" in Connaissance des Arts - N° 331, September 1979. An identical model is reproduced in the section "Une vie de recherche". - Théodore Deck - Catalogue de l'exposition organisée au Musée Cantini, Marseille (janvier - février 1980), Éditions du musée, Marseille, 1980. Identical models referenced under catalog numbers 118 and 119, and reproduced on page 49. - Elisabeth Cameron - Encyclopediaof Pottery & Porcelain: The 19th and 20th Centuries - Éditions Faber & Faber, London/Boston, 1986. An identical model, with color variation, is reproduced on page 100. - Collectif - Théodore Deck 1823-1891 - Éditions Musée du Florival, Guebwiller, 1991. An identical model is reproduced on page 39. - Théodore Deck ou l'éclat des émaux - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille (July 7 - September 11, 1994), Éditions Musées de Marseille, 1994. Identical models referenced under catalog numbers 94 and 95, and reproduced on page 93. - Collectif - Théodore Deck 1823-1891 - Catalogue de la collection de faïence Théodore Deck du muséeThéodore Deck& des Pays du Florival - Éditions du muséeThéodore Deck& des Pays du Florival, Guebwiller, 2012. An identical model, with variant dimensions, is reproduced on page 46. - Collectif - Théodore Deck, magicien des couleurs - Éditions Dernières nouvelles d'Alsace, Strasbourg, 2016. An identical model, with variations in dimensions, reproduced on page 23. - Étienne Tornier - Théodore Deck, the Peter Marino collection - Éditions Phaidon, London / New York, 2019. An identical model referenced under catalog number 34 and reproduced on pages 35 and 291.