RENE LALIQUE (1860-1945)

A 'JET D'EAU' PANEL, MODEL INTRODUCED 1925

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RENE LALIQUE (1860-1945)
A 'JET D'EAU' PANEL, MODEL INTRODUCED 1925
Marcilhac 2007, frosted and clear glass, electrified
31¼ in. (79.4 cm.) high, 15½ in. (39.4 cm.) wide, 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) deep
inscribed R. Lalique France

This model for a wall light evolved from a design for panels for the monumental gateway of the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes. This jet d'eau motif was further echoed at the exhibition by Lalique's 45 foot fountain, The Springs of France, located at the pavilion entrance. The idea can be dated to April 21st 1925. Featured in the Lalique catalogue for 1928, but was dropped by 1932. The present piece is a technically uncommon example of Lalique glass by virtue of its mass. The casting of such substantial works constituted a considerable technical challenge and such creations are rare by comparison with the vases and other mold-blown objects that constituted the bulk of the Lalique production.
The fountain or 'jet d'eau' motif is one that became emblematic of Art Deco, to be found rendered in a wide variety of media, from ironwork - as in the celebrated 'L'Oasis' screen by Edgar Brandt - to printed silks. René Lalique had been a master of Art Nouveau, but ever-sensitive to changing times, he tempered the more fluid motifs and lines of his designs in that style and evolved a distinctive, signature interpretation of Art Deco that exploited in a more taut graphic style the figures, flora and fauna that continued to fascinate him. The stylized lines of the water jet are a perfect distillation of Lalique's art.

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