Name: "Beastiality" Art Nouveau Covered Box by Ringel D'Illzach
Brand: Ringel D'Illzach

"Beastiality" Art Nouveau Covered Box by Ringel D'Illzach

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About the Item

A remarkable and possibly unique sculpture depicting a recumbent woman constricted by a python, whose tail penetrates her in an act of anal intercourse. The piece may also have served as a box or inkwell, as evidenced by the snail-knobbed lid on one side. Ringel D'Illzach was one of the most multi-talented artists working in late nineteenth century France. His earliest work in ceramics dates from the Haviland & Cie stoneware studio in Vaugirard, where he created decors under the direction of Ernest Chaplet, circa 1905 Ringel sculpted a series of grotesque anthropomorphic animals called chimeras, executed by Ceramiques Elchinger SA, in his native Alsace. These bear a striking resemblance to woman and python coupling, whose modeling similarly eschews refined finish for tactile plasticity. The prostrate figure of the woman also recalls Auguste Rodin’s marble sculpture Andromeda (1885-1886), which shows the maiden from Greek mythology awaiting sacrifice to a sea monster. The motif of a woman being ravaged by a wild animal also appears in Emmanual Frémiet’s sculpture Gorilla Carrying off a Woman (1887). Moreover, the sexual element suggests Ringel’s familiarity with Japanese shunga prints by Hokusai and Shigenobu portraying female pearl divers ravished by octopuses (precursors, perhaps and of the contemporary manga genre known as “tentacle erotica.”) Despite these possible influences, woman and python coupling stand apart for its handling of a recurring erotic theme through the unique plastic properties of its medium. Ringel’s ceramic sculpture captures the fluid movement of the artist’s hands, contorting and melding the flesh of woman and reptile alike. It is a previously unacknowledged masterpiece of late French symbolist art.

Creator:
Ringel D'Illzach (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 6.8 in (17.28 cm)Width: 9.3 in (23.63 cm)Depth: 4 in (10.16 cm)
Style:
Art Nouveau (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Stoneware
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
1900-1909
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1900
Condition:
Seller Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
Seller: LDR0011stDibs: LU90515602753

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