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FRANCIS JOURDAIN (1876-1958)

Geometric frieze

Pear-shaped vase with ring neck.

Polychrome enamelled ceramic proof.

1920s.

Signed with the monogram F.J.under the base.

Height: 21,5 cm – Diameter: 16 cm



Public collections and related works:

- Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris – A similar model, in a different color and size, is kept in this institution's collections under inventory number 38610.

- Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle, Paris – A similar model, in a different color, is kept in the collections of this institution under inventory number AM 2018-1-55.



Bibliography:

- Arlette Barré-Despond – Jourdain – Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1988. Similar models, in different colors, reproduced on pages  285 and 304.

- Francis Jourdain, mobilier – Galerie Doria Editions, Paris, 2005. A similar model, in different colors, reproduced on plate 139.

- Marie-Ange Brayer (dir.) – Intérieurs modernes 1920-1930 : Collection Design du Centre Pompidou – Villa Noailles, Hôtel des Arts TPM and Centre Pompidou Editions, Hyères/Toulon/Paris, 2022. A similar model, in different colors, reproduced on page 18.

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