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HENRI CROS (1840-1907) Female Relief Plaque, polychrome enameled stoneware, c. 1895; signed in black ink verso: “H. Cros”, and a scrap of paper from A.A. Hebrard, Paris attached verso; measuring h: 11.25 x w: 9.38 inches.
The symbolist bust in relief of a nude young woman with strawberry blonde hair is a depiction of pensive reverie. With lips slightly pursed, she is lost in thought, looking inward. The female visage hovering just over the nude’s shoulder, perhaps an allusion to a fountain, is by contrast flat and lifeless. With lips parted to reveal a watery blue orifice and wavy tresses of hair blending into a watery expanse, the purely decorative nature of the fountain’s face heightens the physical naturalness of the nude bust while lending it a greater emotional poignancy.
In 1905, A.A. Hebrard opened a gallery located at 8 rue Royale in Paris, where they presented sculpture by artists whose work they produced at their foundry. A vestige of the gallery’s ticket, still affixed to the back of the plaque, helps pinpoint that this piece was made just shortly before the artist’s death in 1907.
Similar piece referenced in The Paris Salons, 1898-1914 by Alastair Duncan, 1998. Pg 31 (see photo for excerpt).
- Creator:Henri Cros (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 11.25 in (28.58 cm)Width: 9.38 in (23.83 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
- Style:Art Nouveau (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:Stoneware,Glazed
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- Date of Manufacture:c. 1895
- Condition:Repaired: Expert restoration of small chip to base.
- Seller Location:Chicago, US
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU7300238646332
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