GABRIEL ARGY-ROUSSEAU (1885-1953)
'Masques' Veilleuse, designed circa 1923 pâte-de-verre, patinated wrought-iron
5 1/2 in. (14 cm) high, 4 in. (10.2 cm) diameter
shade signed G. ARGY-ROUSSEAU and FRANCE
GABRIEL ARGY-ROUSSEAU (1885-1953)
'Masques' Veilleuse, designed circa 1923 pâte-de-verre, patinated wrought-iron
5 1/2 in. (14 cm) high, 4 in. (10.2 cm) diameter
shade signed G. ARGY-ROUSSEAU and FRANCE
Sotheby's, Paris, 18 November 2003, lot 23 (part) Acquired from the above by the present owner
Y. Brunhammer, Le Style 1925, Paris, 1975, p. 183 J. Bloch-Dermant, G. Argy-Rousseau: Glassware as Art, London, 1991, pp. 100 and 192, no. 23.12 A. Duncan, Art Deco Complete: The Definitive Guide to the Decorative Arts of the 1920s and 1930s, London, 2009, p. 184