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PRIMAVERA "Bandoneonist" Extremely rare Art Deco sculpture in Fine Cracked White

$4,072.32
£3,017.81
€3,400
CA$5,559.48
A$6,184.70
CHF 3,242.10
MX$75,575.51
NOK 41,284.05
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"Bandoneonist" Extremely rare Art Deco sculpture in fine, slightly cracked white earthenware, Sainte Radegonde factory. Signed with the Primavera square stamp n ° 8873 (before 1923). In a perfect state. Small catering at the base. PRIMAVERA L'ATELIER D'ART DU PRINTEMPS In September 1912, the department store Le Printemps created a structure for the production of furniture and modern art objects, called Atelier Primavera. This unprecedented initiative, taken by René Guilleré, founder of the Société des Artistes décorateurs and Pierre Laguionie, young manager of Le Printemps, who proposes to provide the Parisian store with a structure for the production of furniture and modern works of art, constitutes a crucial moment in the evolution of design in the 20th century. The decoration and all its components, furniture, rugs, lighting, upholstery, table services, and above all, art glassware and ceramic trinkets, staged with pomp during the Decorative Arts Exhibition of 1925, thus making innovation and modernity in the field of decorative arts accessible to all through a powerful commercial tool. The updating of forms under the influence of cubism will be implemented there by talented creators such as Claude Lévy and Madeleine Sougez, lovers of contemporary themes such as sports, jazz, the Ballets Russes and, thanks to the modernist spirit of Louis Sognot and the timely intervention of Jacques Viénot, founder of industrial aesthetics, the way could open towards the democratization of furniture consumption. Very affected by the crisis of the 1930s and devastated by the war, Primavera will owe an unexpected rebirth to its director, Colette Gueden, who joined the Atelier in 1927 at the age of twenty-two, who, with courage, intelligence and flair will make it, during the 50s and 60s, thanks to its animations full of inventiveness and fantasy, one of the trendiest places in the capital, where one last time creation will succeed in asserting its primacy over commerce. Bibliography/ Primavera, l’Atelier d’Art du Printemps 1912-1972, Alain-René Hardy, Gerard Tatin, Faton / Vingtième Plus Edition, 2014
  • Creator:
    Primavera (Workshop/Studio)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 9.06 in (23 cm)Width: 10.63 in (27 cm)Depth: 5.12 in (13 cm)
  • Style:
    Art Deco (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    around 1922
  • Condition:
    Repaired: Restoration of some chips on the base. Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU7066231511582

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