René Lalique ( Ay 1860 - Parigi 1945 )

"Source de la fontaine Mélite" Caryatid. Execution by Lalique, France, Transparent mold-blown glass, grounded and etched on the external surface; original wooden base. Signed "R Lalique" on the verso, near the base. (h without base cm 53; base cm 6) (slight defects) The model of the sculpture belongs to the group of 16 variants conceived for the 128 caryatids that adorned the Fontaine de sources de France, installed at the Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes in Paris, 1925 Literature F. Marcilhac, René Lalique 1860-1945. Maitre-verrier, Les éditions de l'amateur, Parigi 2004, pp. 92-94, 402

Estimate € 5,000 - 6,000

Sold € 11,000