Georges BRAQUE (1882-1963) (D'APRES) & Heger DE LOEWENFE - Lot 38

Georges BRAQUE (1882-1963) (D'APRES) & Heger DE LOEWENFELD (1919-2000) JOAILLIER-LAPIDAIRE - COLLECTION D.L. (PUIS PAR SUCCESSION) HADES - Helmeted by the Cyclops, the ruthless Master of the Underworld battles the Titans - Based on the 1962 gouache of the same name from the Les Métamorphoses series. Pendant. 750°/°°° gold, silver and rose-cut diamond. Signed G. Braque, titled HADES, monogrammed H. L. and marked OR 750 © on back left, and marked LP2417 on back right. Height: 4.5 cm Length: 5.4 cm MESOPOTAMIA - Upset by the death of her three suitors, Mesopotamia dreams of all the children she will never have - Based on the 1962 gouache of the same name from the Les Métamorphoses series. Chain. 750°/°°° gold. Two hallmarks (illegible) on the clasp. Length : 42 cm (approx.) Total weight: 42.92 g. Provenance : - D.L. Collection; acquired from Heger de Loewenfeld. - Remained in the estate of its predecessor. Important: The archetypal Hadès model, set with rubies, was acquired by the French State in 1963 for the Bijoux de Braque exhibition at the Louvre (Pavillon de Marsan). Public collection and related work : - Fonds National d'Art Contemporain (FNAC) Centre national des arts plastiques (CNAP), on deposit at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris The archetypal Hadès model held in the collections of this institution under inventory number FNAC 1159. Related exhibitions and works : - Bijoux de Braque by Heger de Löwenfeld Musée des Arts décoratifs , Paris, from March to April 1963. The archetypal Hadès model presented (and acquired by the French State) at this exhibition (no. 28). - Bijoux de Braque by Heger de Löwenfeld Musées de Nice, January-February 1969. Two proofs of the Hadès model (set with rubies and diamonds) exhibited at this event (no. 28). - L'œil écoute Palais des Papes, Avignon, June to September 1969. Another proof of the Hadès model (set with diamonds) exhibited at this event. - Les 100 bijoux de Braque, by Heger de Löwenfeld Musée des beaux-arts de Nancy, December 1972 to January 1973. Other proofs of the Hadès model (diamond set) and the Mésopotamia chain exhibited at this event (nos. 21 and 70). - Jewelry by Braque, made by Heger de Löwenfeld Bibliothèque municipale de Saint-Dié, February to March 1973. Other proofs of the Hadès model and the Mésopotamia chain exhibited at this event (no. 28, 142 and 144). Bibliography : - L'œil écoute Catalogue of the national contemporary art exhibition held at the Palais des Papes, Avignon (June-September 1969). Another proof of the Hadès model (adorned with diamonds) reproduced in the catalog in the section 50 bijoux de Braque (unpaginated). - Raphaël de Cuttoli and Heger de Loewenfeld Métamorphoses de Braque Gouaches, bijoux, sculptures, livres d'art, lithographies Editions France Art Center, Paris, 1989. Another Hades model, set with precious stones, reproduced on page 63; gouaches of the Hades model by Braque reproduced on pages 46 and 63; a gouache of the Mesopotamia model reproduced on page 50. - Georges Braque, Métamorphoses Catalogue of the exhibition organized at the Fondazione Luciana Matalon, Milan (October 7 - November 26, 2005), Editions Electa, Florence, 2005. Gouache of the model Hadès by Braque reproduced on page 55. - Karine Lacquemant (ed.) Bijoux d'artistes. From Calder to Koons. La collection idéale de Diane Venet Catalogue of the exhibition organized at the Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris (March 7 - July 8, 2018), Editions Flammarion / MAD, Paris, 2018. The archetypal Hades model reproduced on page 41. Expert : Monsieur Emmanuel EYRAUD