LINE VAUTRIN (1913-1997)
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LINE VAUTRIN (1913-1997)

'LA MÈR', A BOX, CIRCA 1960

Closed18 December 2015

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LINE VAUTRIN (1913-1997)
'LA MÈR', A BOX, CIRCA 1960
gilt-bronze, leather lined interior
1 ½ in. (4 cm.) high, 7 in. (18.5 cm.) wide, 6 in. (15.2 cm.) deep
signed Line Vautrin

Eric Philippe, Paris.

Specialist note

cf. L. Vautrin et P. Mauriès, Line Vautrin, Bijoux et Objects, London, 1992, p. 97 for another example of this model;
Exhibition catalogue, Line Vautrin, Poesie in Metall, Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, 2003, pp. 27 and 81 for another example of this model;
P. Mauriès, exhibition catalogue, Line Vautrin Miroirs, Paris, La Galerie Chastel Maréchal, 2004, p. 11 for another example of this model.
Another example of a box of this model is part of the collection of La Piscine, Musée d’Art et d’Industrie, Roubaix.
The Theme of this box was inspired by Charles Trenet’s song ‘La Mèr’, written in 1943 and aired from 1945.