Live Auction 783820th Century Decorative Art & Design
Lot 19

FÉLIX BRACQUEMOND (1833-1914)

IMPORTANT LA FUITE LARGE CLOISSONNÉE D'OR PANEL, 1910

Closed21 April 2010

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FÉLIX BRACQUEMOND (1833-1914)
IMPORTANT LA FUITE LARGE CLOISSONNÉE D'OR PANEL, 1910
executed by goldsmith Alexandre Riquet, gold wire and enamel on copper
12¾ in. (32.5) cm. x 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.)
monograms in gold wire to the picture field B 1910 for Bracquemond, AR for Riquet and JV for Joseph Vitta; the reverse with incised dedication Plaque en email translucide cloisonnée d'or composée par Félix Bracquemond et executée par Alexandre Riquet pour le Baron Joseph Vitta. 1910.

Formerly the Collection of Baron Joseph Vitta (1860-1942)
Private European collection

Specialist note

Félix Bracquemond, together with his contemporaries Auguste Rodin, Jules Cheret and Albert Besnard, was commissioned by industrialist and banker Baron Joseph Vitta to produce a series of decorative objects for use in his villa on Lake Geneva.

A hand-mirror designed by Auguste Rodin and Bracquemond was also executed by goldsmith Alexandre Riquet and is now in the Cleveland Museum of Modern Art.

Félix Bracquemond is credited with introducing Japanese woodcuts to the West which profoundly influenced the development of Art Nouveau in France.