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Lot Essay
Christie's would like to thank François Le Tacon for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
In 1906, Lucile Gallé – Émile Gallé’s second daughter – married Archeologist Paul Pedrizet. He soon became a close advisor to his mother-in-law in the run of the Etablissements Gallé, before heading the company after her death in 1914. Paul Pedrizet contributed to renewing the decorative vocabulary of the firm, encouraging his collaborators to look for new sources of inspiration. He carried out several scientific expeditions to Egypt between 1909 and 1936, bringing back photographs and antiquities, purchased mainly from antique dealers in Cairo and Alexandria. The present vase is an example of the series of Egyptian inspired pieces created in the 1920s-1930s, echoing the Art Deco aesthetic.
– François Le Tacon, leading expert for the work of Émile Gallé and author, among others, of Émile Gallé L'amour de l'Art, les écrits artistiques du Maître de l'Art Nouveau, Éditions Place Stanislas, 2010 and Émile Gallé, ou Le mariage de l'art et de la science, Éditions Messène, Paris, 1995
In 1906, Lucile Gallé – Émile Gallé’s second daughter – married Archeologist Paul Pedrizet. He soon became a close advisor to his mother-in-law in the run of the Etablissements Gallé, before heading the company after her death in 1914. Paul Pedrizet contributed to renewing the decorative vocabulary of the firm, encouraging his collaborators to look for new sources of inspiration. He carried out several scientific expeditions to Egypt between 1909 and 1936, bringing back photographs and antiquities, purchased mainly from antique dealers in Cairo and Alexandria. The present vase is an example of the series of Egyptian inspired pieces created in the 1920s-1930s, echoing the Art Deco aesthetic.
– François Le Tacon, leading expert for the work of Émile Gallé and author, among others, of Émile Gallé L'amour de l'Art, les écrits artistiques du Maître de l'Art Nouveau, Éditions Place Stanislas, 2010 and Émile Gallé, ou Le mariage de l'art et de la science, Éditions Messène, Paris, 1995