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30 - René Jules LALIQUE (1860–1945), ‘Young Girls’ Heads with Swa…
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René Jules LALIQUE (1860–1945), ‘Young Girls’ Heads with Swallows’ pendant/brooch in 18K yellow gold (750/000) featuring two profiles of women with loose hair mingling with a swarm of slate-blue enamelled swallows against a background of opalescent plique-à-jour enamel. Removable pin mechanism for conversion into a pendant. Signed ‘LALIQUE’ on one edge. Circa 1898–1900. Gross weight: 24.1 g. H: 5.5 cm. L: 7.1 cm. (very minor loss of enamel on some birds and on the reverse; pendant bead missing) Comparable works: - A variant of the design, with glossy midnight blue enamel, held at the Lalique Museum in Hakone, Japan, under inventory number 116. - A variant of the model, with a matt blue enamel, held at the Schmuckmuseum in Pforzheim, Germany, under inventory number Sch 1736. - A variant of the model held at the Dayton Art Institute in the United States under inventory number 1998.36 Bibliography: -Vivienne Becker, René Lalique, Schmuck und Objets d’art 1890–1910, Monograph and Catalogue Raisonné, Prestel, 1989, p. 306, ill. 604, the piece held at the Schmuckmuseum in Pforzheim. -Yvonne Brunhammer, René Lalique, Bijoux d’exception 1890–1819, Skira, 2007, illustrated on p. 113, the piece held at the Lalique Museum in Hakone, Japan. -Rossella Froissart, Art Nouveau: Metamorphoses of Jewellery, 1880–1914, Orma Editions, p. 192, ill. 50, the piece held at the Schmuckmuseum in Pforzheim. -Marianne Bernhard, René Lalique Jewellery, Diffusion J. Lazarus, a piece illustrated on p. 61. -Vivienne Becker, *Art Nouveau Jewellery*, Editions du Regard, 1985, one design illustrated on p. 49. * Expert: Arsène Boutemy.
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