ÉMILE GALLÉ (1846-1904) - Lot 26

ÉMILE GALLÉ (1846-1904) La Chouette, the model (from an earlier creation) presented at the Paris Universal Exhibition, 1900 Decorative sculpture. Polychrome enameled ceramic proof; glass eyes (replaced) said to be in sulfide. Late 19th century. Restorations notably at the base, eyes not original. Unsigned. H.33.5 cm Public collections and related works : - Musée de l'École de Nancy, Nancy - An identical model is conserved in the collections of this institution under inventory number 991.23.1. - Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart - An identical model is held in the collections of this institution under inventory number 1979-97. - Musée d'Orsay, Paris - An identical model is reproduced on a photograph of the installation of Emile Gallé's glass furnace at the 1900 Universal Exhibition, kept in the collections of this institution under inventory number PHO 1986 71164. Related exhibitions and works : - Exposition universelle de 1900 - Paris, April 15-November 12, 1900: an identical model exhibited on Émile Gallé's glassmaker's kiln. - Gallé Keramik: Sammlung Helga Schaefer - Starnberg, July 16-30, 1974. An identical model exhibited at this event (no. 37). - Keramik von Emile Gallé - Düsseldorf, Hetjens-Museum, Deutsches Keramikmuseum, September 27, 1981 - January 10, 1982; Mettlach/Saar, Keramik-Museum Mettlach, March 6 - June 6, 1982. An identical model exhibited at this event (no. 223). - Le musée de l'École de Nancy dévoile ses réserves : Œuvres méconnues ou inédites - Nancy, Galeries Poirel, March 3 - May 13, 2007. An identical model exhibited at this event (no. 28). Bibliography : - Gallé Keramik: Sammlung Helga Schaefer - Catalogue of the exhibition held in Starnberg (July 16-30, 1974). An identical model referenced and reproduced under catalog no. 37, unpaginated. - Keramik von Emile Gallé - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Hetjens-Museum, Deutsches Keramikmuseum, Düsseldorf (September 27, 1981 - January 10, 1982); at the Keramik-Museum, Mettlach (March 6 - June 6, 1982). An identical model is referenced in the catalog under number 223 and reproduced on page 83. - L'École de Nancy, 1889-1909 - Art nouveau et industries d'art - Catalogue of the exhibition held at Galeries Poirel, Nancy (April 24 - July 26, 1999), Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 1999. An identical model is reproduced on page 76, on a photograph showing Émile Gallé's glassmaker's kiln at the 1900 Paris Universal Exhibition. - Le musée de l'École de Nancy dévoile ses réserves : Œuvres méconnues ou inédites - Catalogue of the exhibition held at Galeries Poirel, Nancy (March 3 - May 13, 2007), Éditions Ville de Nancy / Musée de l'École de Nancy, Nancy, 2007. An identical model is referenced under number 28 in the catalog and reproduced on page 55. - Bernd Hakenjos - Emile Gallé - Keramik, Glas und Möbel des Art Nouveau - Volume II - Éditions Hirmer, Munich, 2012. An identical model is referenced under catalog number 71 and reproduced on page 41.