Product Description
Sophie Burger-Hartmann bronze Art Nouveau Sculptural Vide Poche c. 1900
SOPHIE BURGER-HARTMANN (1868-1940) Munich, Germany
Vide Poche c. 1900
Richly patinated dark brown bronze Vide Poche modeled as a swirling Art Nouveau nymph holding a stylized shell form low tray.
Marks: VW (Vereinigte Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk Munich)
H: 6 1/2″ D: 7″ x W: 8″
Sophie Burger-Hartmann bronze Art Nouveau Sculptural Vide Poche c. 1900
Marcel Bouraine (active 1925-1930) France.
Pair of Art Deco “Dove” sculptural bookends, circa 1930.
Silvered bronze (sand cast technique) in the form of doves with openly displayed and fan shaped tail feathers perched on roof pan tiles.
Marks: Bouraine (2x), #’s 52 and 53.
For more information and other works by Bouraine see: Les Echoes D’Art (May 1927), p. 21; Art Deco Sculpture, Bryan Catley; The Art Deco Style, Selected by Theodore Menten (New York: Dover Publications, 1972), p. 172; Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, E. Bénézit, vol. 2 (Paris: Librarie Grund, 1976), p. 231, An Encylopedia of Art Deco, Edited by Alastair Duncan (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1988) pp. 26,28-29,31,104; Art Deco, Victor Arwas (New York, Harry Abrams,1980) pp. 163, 269.
H: 5 ¾” x W: 4 ½” x D: 3 ½”
ROBERT EDGAR STONE (1903-1990) UK
Modernist nut dish 1931
Handwrought silver
Marks: R. E. Stone (facsimile signature) R.E.S., British assay marks for London, Wilson & Sharp Ltd Edinburgh, 1931
For more information see: Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver, Annelies Krekel-Aalberse (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.,1989) pp. 34 and 259.
W: 5 3/4”x D: 4” x H: 1 1/4”