Collection Francis Meyer - L'Âme du Verre

Collection Francis Meyer - L'Âme du Verre

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Émile Gallé

Le plus petit cri ne tombe pas dans le néant vase, circa 1900

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October 8, 02:29 PM GMT

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18,000 - 24,000 EUR

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ÉMILE GALLÉ


Le plus petit cri ne tombe pas dans le néant vase, circa 1900


Multi-layered glass, internally decorated

Wheel-carved decoration, hammered background

Engraved inscription Le plus petit cri ne tombe pas dans le néant and enhanced with gilding on the flank

Engraved and gilt signature Gallé Exp 1900 on the flank

H. : 12 cm ; 4 ¾ in.

Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900.

While Émile Gallé sought poetic effects through colour and form, he also liked to draw inspiration from the authors and poets he admired. For his verreries parlantes, he did not hesitate to adapt the writings of Victor Hugo, Charles Baudelaire, Robert de Montesquiou and here, Maurice Maeterlinck and Le Trésor des humbles.