
FRANCIS JOURDAIN (1876-1958)
Large truncated cone-shaped vase with flared hemmed neck.
Polychrome enamelled ceramic proof.
1920s.
Signed with the monogram F.J. under the base.
Height: 21 cm
Bibliography:
- Encyclopédie des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes au XXe siècle, volume 10 – Imprimerie Nationale, Office Central d’Édition et de Librairie, Paris, 1925. A similar model is reproduced in plate XXXI, based on a photograph of the front of Francis Jourdain's shop.
- René Herbst – Devantures vitrines, Installation de magasins à l’Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs de Paris 1925 – Charles Moreau Editions, Paris, 1925. A similar model is reproduced on plate 8, in a photograph of the front of Francis Jourdain's shop.
- Francis Jourdain, Un parcours moderne 1876-1958 – Catalogue of the travelling exhibition organised at the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi (March 25 –June 4, 2000) – at the Musée-bibliothèque Pierre André Benoît, Alès (June 24 –September 3) – at the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Saint-Denis (September 22 –December 18 2000) and at the Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, Roubaix (January – April 2001), Paris, Somogy, 2000. A similar model reproduced on page 102, in a photograph of the front of Francis Jourdain's shop.
- Francis Jourdain, mobilier – Galerie Doria Editions, Paris, 2005. A similar model, with variations in coulour and dimensions, reproduced on plate 141.
