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GABRIEL ARGY-ROUSSEAU (1885–1953)
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GABRIEL ARGY-ROUSSEAU (1885–1953)
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Estimate €1,500 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
GABRIEL ARGY-ROUSSEAU (1885–1953)
Rare bowl, ‘Lotus’ model, 1924
Made of polychrome pâte de verre in shades of amber and brown, the body is adorned with three antique-style handles from which branches of flowers fan out. Signed at the base.
Dimensions: 10.5 x 13.5 cm
Reference:
Catalogue raisonné “Les Pâtes de Verre” by Janine Bloch-Dermant, Yves Delaborde and Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, Les Editions de l’Amateur, Paris 1990, No. 24.08.
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His real name was Joseph-Gabriel Rousseau; born in Beauce, he trained at the Sèvres School of Ceramics, where he discovered pâte de verre under the tutelage of Henri Cros. In 1913, he adopted the artist name ‘Argy-Rousseau’ in honour of his wife, Marianne Argyriadès. After the First World War, in 1921 he founded the Société des Pâtes de Verre d’Argy-Rousseau in Paris, which produced vases, bowls, lamps and pendants in pâte de verre, initially in the Art Nouveau style and later in a decidedly Art Deco style. Regarded as the undisputed master of the true pâte de verre technique, as opposed to the ‘pâte de cristal’ practised by his contemporaries, he enjoyed his golden age in the 1920s, before the 1929 crash brought an end to this costly production. He then turned to crystal paste, and subsequently to enamelled glassware, until his death in 1953.
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About the sale
Day 1: Major Classical Art Auction – Old Master Paintings, Sculptures, Furniture, Archaeological Artefacts, Asian Art, Curiosities, Glassware, Silverware
Auction location
Auction time
11/11/2026 at 2:30 PM
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