DAUM NANCY – ÉMILE WIRTZ (1884–1953) DESIGNER OF THE DECOR & EUGÈNE GALL (1868–1939) GLASSMAKER

The Berries – orange ; series of applications, 1920-1922, the model presented at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, Paris, 1925

Tall tapered soliflore vase with annular neck and resting on a pedestal.

Proof in blown and bubbled white glass.

The decor made with applications on warm glass.

Signed DAUM Nancy with the Cross of Lorraine in engraving on the foot.

Height: 27 cm

Exhibition:

International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts – Paris, Nancy Pavilion, April 28 to October 25, 1925. An identical model presented at this event.

Bibliography :

- Mobilier et Décoration – N° 1 of November-December 1922. The decor of our vase comparable to that of the work reproduced on page 15.

- Mobilier et Décoration – N° 4 of June-July 1923. The decor of our vase comparable to that of the work reproduced on page 22.

- Daum, maîtres verriers – Éditions Edita/Denoël, Lausanne/Paris, 1980. The decor of our vase comparable to those of the works reproduced on pages 160 and 164.

- Centenaire de Daum au Japon – Catalog of the exhibition organized at the Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido (July 19–August 24, 1980), Museum of Modern Art Editions, Hokkaido, 1980. A similar model, referenced under number 81, reproduced in the catalog, unpaginated.

- Clotilde Bacri – Daum – Michel Aveline Éditeur, Paris, 1992. Similar models, with color variations, reproduced on page 166 ; the decor of our vase comparable to those of the works reproduced on page 163.