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ANNA QUINQUAUD (1890-1984) SCULPTOR & MANUFACTURE NATIONALE …
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ANNA QUINQUAUD (1890-1984) SCULPTOR & MANUFACTURE NATIONALE …
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Lot no. 51
Description
ANNA QUINQUAUD (1890-1984) SCULPTOR & MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SÈVRES
Femme porteuse d'eau Songoï, also known as La porteuse d'eau de Tombouctou, or Négresse à l'amphore, the model designed around [1925], the plaster of the model presented at the Galerie d'Art contemporain (Paris) in 1926, the edition in soft stoneware of only 7 copies made between 1930 and 1933, the only proof in polychrome enamelled soft stoneware known to this day.
A sculpture.
Polychrome glazed soft stoneware proof.
A chip on a lower corner of the terrace.
Signed and dated A. QUINQUAUD 1925 on the terrace, bears the date stamp (date not legible) of the Manufacture Nationale de SÈVRES and the mention AR and the stamp GT (for soft stoneware) on the side of the terrace.
Height: 47.5 cm
Terrace: 11 x 12 cm
Historical background:
Anna Quinquaud signed a contract with the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres on 16 August 1927 for the ceramic edition of the sculpture Femme porteuse d'eau Songoï. Only 7 proofs in soft stoneware were produced; 2 in 1930, 2 in 1931, and 3 in 1933 (with no distinction between glazed and unglazed versions). Nine biscuit proofs were also made; 2 in 1927 and 7 in 1928. The mould was discontinued in 1942 under the direction of Guillaume Jeanneau, then director of the manufactory. In all, six different sculptures by Anna Quinquaud were produced in ceramic by the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres between the 1930s and 1940s, all in extremely limited editions.
The plaster cast of our sculpture model was also presented for the first time at the "Mes travaux de voyage" exhibition held in Paris in 1926 - where the artist's works from her first trip to Africa were exhibited.
Public collection :
Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres - A polychrome plaster proof and a porcelain biscuit proof of our sculpture model are held in the collections of this institution under inventory numbers 2012.D.643 and PL-C488.
Exhibition :
- Anna Quinquaud: Mes travaux de voyage - Galerie d'art contemporain, Paris, 30 October to 13 November 1926. A plaster proof of our sculpture model exhibited at this event (N° 11).
- Les grès de Sèvres au XXe siècle - Galerie Yves Gastou, Paris, from 17 May to 9 June 1990. A stoneware proof of La Négresse à l'amphore exhibited at this event.
Bibliography:
- Les œuvres de la Manufacture de Sèvres 1738-1932, volume II, la sculpture moderne - Éditions de la manufacture, Sèvres, circa 1932. A proof in non-polychromed soft stoneware or biscuit reproduced on plate 42 under N° 1397.
- Les grès de Sèvres au XXe siècle - Catalogue of the exhibition organised at the Galerie Yves Gastou, Paris (17 May - 9 June 1990), Éditions de la galerie, Paris, 1990. A stoneware proof of La Négresse à l'amphore is listed among the works exhibited.
- Jean-Paul Midant - Sèvres - La Manufacture au XXème Siècle - Michel Aveline éditeur, 1992. Porcelain biscuit variant reproduced on page 95.
- Anne Doridou-Heim - Anna Quinquaud, exploratrice, sculptrice - Voyage dans les années 30 - Somogy Éditions d'Art, Paris, 2011. The polychrome plaster proof of our sculpture Femme porteuse d'eau Songoï reproduced on pages 68 and 159; the model referenced among the editions of the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres on page 158.
- Marie-Josèphe Conchon - Thérèse et Anna Quinquaud, la sculpture en partage - Les Ardents Éditeur, Limoges, 2022. A plaster print of our sculpture model reproduced on page 105.
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