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7 - Max BLONDAT (1879–1926)
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Estimate €8,000 - €12,000
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Max BLONDAT (1879–1926) “Curiosity” Circa 1908 Bronze door knocker with a golden patina. An antique cast by Siot-Decauville in Paris. Signed “Max.Blondat.”, “Siot . Paris” and numbered “236.i”. 25 x 21 cm A “La Curiosité” (“Curiosity”) gilded bronze door knocker from an old Siot-Decauville edition, cast from the design created by Max Blondat around 1908. Signed “Max.Blondat.”, “Siot . Paris” and numbered “236.i”. 9.84 x 8.27 inches Bibliography: - Jessica Goldring and Benjamin Macklowe: “Dynamic Beauty: Sculpture of Art Nouveau Paris”, The Studley Press, Dalton, 2011, design reproduced on pages 8 and 56. - Alastair Duncan: “The Paris Salons 1895–1914. Vol. V: Objets d’art & Metalware”, Antique Collector’s Club, 1999, model reproduced on page 99. - *Art et Décoration*, Volume XXIV, July–December 1908, model reproduced on page 61 to illustrate the article by M. P.-Verneuil: “Max Blondat, sculptor”. Museum holdings: - An example of this model is held in the collections of the Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) under inventory number 2016.18.1
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About the sale Masters VI – 20th-Century Decorative Arts
Auction location
Auction time 11/06/2026 at 2:00 PM
Pictures credits:
YANN GIRAULT
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