Mascaron.

White enamelled ceramic proof.

Height: 20 cm – Width: 19 cm

Public collection and related work:

Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris – A similar model in gilded bronze from the famous dining room of the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Girod is kept in the collections of this institution under inventory number 45231.

Exhibitions and related works:

- Cinquantenaire de l'exposition de 1925 – Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, October 15, 1976 to February 2, 1977. The mask kept at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs was exhibited during this event.

- Ils donnent : 10 ans de donations – Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, March 20, 1979 to July 13, 1979. The mask kept at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs was exhibited during this event.

Bibliography:

- Jean Badovici – Intérieurs de Süe et Mare – Collection documents d’architecture, Art français contemporain, Albert Morancé Editions, Paris, 1924. A similar model is reproduced on plate 10, on an elevation drawing for a dining room study.

- Yvonne Brunhammer and Chantal Bizot – Cinquantenaire de l’exposition de 1925 – Catalogue of the exhibition organized at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (October 15, 1976 – February 2, 1977), Éditions Les Presses de la Connaissance, Paris, 1976. The bronze model cited on page 109 and referenced under number 818 in the description of the dining room of the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Girod.

- Collective – Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs : 10 ans de donations – Cahiers de l’UCAD, Musée des Arts Décoratifs Editions, second semester1978. The donation by Mrs. Philippe Creuse of the dining room furniture belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Girod, which includes a similar mask model, kept at the MAD, cited on page 31.

- Florence Camard – Süe et Mare et la Compagnie des Arts Français – Les Éditions de l’Amateur, Paris, 1993. The model used in a bookbinding project on page 118; the gilt bronze model reproduced on page 119; an identical model reproduced on page 259.

- Evelyne Possémé – Le mobilier français : 1910-1930 : les années 25 – Massin Editions, Paris, 1999. The gilt bronze model reproduced on page 107.