Pair of Louis Damon Vases, Titled "Triton" & "Saint George Slaying the Dragon"

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Pair of Louis Damon Vases, Titled "Triton" & "Saint George Slaying the Dragon"

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A pair of French Art Nouveau cameo glass vases, "Vase of Triton" & "Vase of Saint George Slaying the Dragon," by Louis Damon. Circa 1900. Damon was an artist and an entrepreneur who, in 1900, had a glass gallery in Paris, "Au Vase Etrusque," located at 20 Blvde Malesherbes, where he sold creations by Gallé, Daum and other nascent Art Nouveau artists and designers. A talented designer himself, Damon created small-scale works with marvelously intricate and highly romantic narratives in subdued, ethereal hues. Damon himself did not have a hot glass factory and would set glass in two layers of purple over sky blue for which he would hire glass carvers from Nancy to follow his drawings to make a cameo glass artwork. While at first glance depicting unrelated scenes from very disparate ancient lore, there is actually a historically pertinent link between the imagery of two vases, a link that speaks to the cultural preoccupations of Damon's day. The first vase, the Vase of Triton, depicts Triton, the son of the Greek God Poseidon, a merman and aquatic herald for his father who traditionally appears with a large conch fashioned as a horn. The Triton form was made a widely popular artistic subject in 1879 when William Adolphe Bouguereau won several awards at that year's salon for a painting depicting Triton in a form almost identical to that that would later appear on Damon's. According to most prominent myth, Triton lived in a golden palace in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya, and would frequently give the coastal living village people palatial gifts that would then be taken inland and deposited into to a Libyan lake named "Tritonis." The second vase depicts the legend of "St. George and the Dragon." According to the 12th Century Golden Legend, St. George was traveling through Northern Africa when he came across a kingdom that was being terrorized by a dragon who demanded human sacrifices daily in order to appease his blood lust. The legend holds that St. George maimed the dragon, rescued the princess who was that day's intended sacrifice, and led both the now docile dragon and the princess back into the center of the small kingdom, known historically as the town of Silene. St. George announced that he would slay the dragon and liberate the kingdom if the king and his people converted to Christianity, which the grateful populous readily agreed to do. Silene was understood by modern scholars as being the ancient capital of Libya, and the story of St. George and the dragon was largely understood to explain the entrance of Christian beliefs to the country. Damon would have created these remarkable pieces at a time in which Western European concern with Northern Africa was particularly high, and trade between France and Libya was reaching a zenith. The two vases then can be understood not just as remarkable visual accomplishments, but also as an exploration, a celebration, or an ode to the cultural preoccupations of Damon's time. Signed, "L Damon 20 Bd Malesherbes Paris" and "Damon Paris".

Creator:
Louis Damon (Maker)
Dimensions:
Height: 5.75 in (14.61 cm)Width: 4 in (10.16 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 2
Style:
Art Nouveau (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Art Glass
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
1900-1909
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1900
Condition:
Seller Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
Seller: G192621stDibs: LU885414321531

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