ART NOUVEAU& ART DECO 20th CENTURY DESIGN & OBJECTS OF VERTU JEWELLERY
Sep 28, 2021
Le Park Palace Avenue de la Costa 98000, Monaco
The following lots are subject to Artist's Resale Right (an additional 3% will be added to hammer price).
(Authors of original works of art are entitled to a royalty each time one of their works is resold through an art market professional)
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LOT 41:
AUGUSTE LEDRU (1860-1902) FOUNDRY THIEBAUT FRERES (1844 - 1926) Art Nouveau bronze dark and light brown patina jug
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Sold for: €4,800
Start price:
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5,000
Estimated price :
€5,000 - €5,500
Buyer's Premium: 27%
VAT: 17% On commission only
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AUGUSTE LEDRU (1860-1902) FOUNDRY THIEBAUT FRERES (1844 - 1926) Art Nouveau bronze dark and light brown patina jug
signed ‘Ledru’
bronze with dark and light brown patinas
height: 43 cm
Executed circa 1900
Auguste Ledru, a friend of Auguste Rodin, was well known for creating figurative Art Nouveau sculptures in the form of ewers and decorative vases, often featuring sirens and water nymphs surrounded by waves and shells. His daughter Augustine married René Lalique and Ledru’s work clearly influenced Lalique in his jewellery and (later) glass designs.
In this sculptural jug, we can see all the characteristic elements of the Art Nouveau: inspiration from nature combined with idealised female figure.
Thiébaut Freres was one of the most important foundries in France from 1844 to 1926. Their list of accomplishments is significant: their most famous work is the circa 1899 reduction of the Statue of Liberty cast by Thiébaut Freres for installation at the end of Swan Island in view of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The same year saw the casting of the largest monument in Paris, the Triumph of the Republic by Jules Dalou commissioned for the Place de la Nation and almost entirely manufactured by Thiébaut Freres.
