Alfred Auguste JANNIOT (1889-1969) - Lot 193

Alfred Auguste JANNIOT (1889-1969) "La Sicilienne" also known as "Tête idéale" the model created around [1924], a marble proof presented in the Pavillon du Collectionneur at the Exposition internationale des Arts décoratifs et industriels modernes de Paris, 1925. Sculpture. Gilded plaster proof (on Armenian bowl). Early edition. Unsigned. Height : 40 cm. Worn and missing gilding. Acknowledgements Our warmest thanks to Mme Anne Demeurisse, universal legatee of the artist and president of the Association Alfred Auguste Janniot, for the invaluable information she provided on this work. Public collections and related works : - Musée des Années Trente, Boulogne-Billancourt Another gilded plaster print of our sculpture model is held in the collections of this institution under inventory number 2003.7.1. - Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC A stone proof of our sculpture model is held in the collections of this institution under inventory number 79.8. Exhibition and related works : Exposition internationale des Arts décoratifs et industriels modernes Paris, April 28 - October 25, 1925. A marble proof of our sculpture model exhibited in the grand salon of the Pavillon du Collectionneur, known as the Pavillon Ruhlmann, on the occasion of this event. Bibliography: - La Renaissance de l'Art Français et des Industries de Luxe November 1925. A marble proof of our sculpture model reproduced on pages 525 and 527. - La Construction moderne N° of January 3, 1926. A marble proof of our sculpture model reproduced on page 158. - Anne Demeurisse (ed.) Alfred Auguste Janniot, 1889-1969 Somogy Editions d'Art, Paris, 2003. Identical models reproduced on pages 71 (gilded plaster) and 72 (stone), as well as on page 142 in a photograph of Janniot in his studio. - Collectif Alfred Janniot, monumental Book published to coincide with the exhibition "Alfred Janniot (1889-1969). De l'atelier au monumental" organized at the Musée des Beaux-Arts Antoine Lécuyer, Saint-Quentin (April 1 - September 18, 2022), Editions Norma, Paris, 2022. An identical model is reproduced on page 48 in a photograph of Janniot in his studio. Expert : Emmanuel Eyraud