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2 - François-Rupert CARABIN (1862–1932)
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Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
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François-Rupert CARABIN (1862–1932) “La Pieuvre” Model created in 1894. Sculpture/inkwell in green stoneware with oxblood-red glazing. Monogrammed beneath the base and numbered “1052”. 16 x 15 x 15 cm A green and oxblood-red enamelled “La Pieuvre” (“The Octopus”) stoneware inkwell designed by François-Rupert Carabin in 1894. Monogrammed beneath the base and numbered “1052”. 6.30 x 5.90 x 5.90 inches Bibliography: - Paul Arthur, “French Art Nouveau ceramics”, Norma Editions, 2015, Paris; model reproduced on page 89. - ‘The Work of Rupert Carabin 1862–1932’, Galerie du Luxembourg, Paris, 1974, model reproduced under number 188 on page 229. - Laurence Buffet-Challié: *Le Moden Style*, Baschet & Cie Editeurs, model reproduced on page 74, plate 2. - Alastair Duncan, *Art Nouveau Sculpture*, London, 1978, model reproduced on page 20. - Alastair Duncan: “The Paris Salons 1895–1914, Volume IV, Ceramics & Glass”, Antique Collectors’ Club, model reproduced on page 76. - The Studio, issue 48, March 1897, model reproduced on page 69. Exhibitions: - The Work of Rupert Carabin, Galerie du Luxembourg, Paris, 1974 - Salon de la libre Esthétique, Brussels, 1897. – Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1897, number 190. - Galerie Laffite, Paris, from 1894 to 1896. Museum holdings: - One example is held in the collections of the MAD (Musée des Arts Décoratifs – Paris) under inventory number 10718.
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About the sale Masters VI – 20th-Century Decorative Arts
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Auction time 11/06/2026 at 2:00 PM
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YANN GIRAULT
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