Bodice Adornment (Primary Title)
Alphonse Mucha, Czech, active in France, 1860 - 1939 (Artist)
Georges Fouquet, French, 1862 - 1957 (Maker)
Marked (reverse): G. FOUQUET. 2873
Gift of Sydney and Frances Lewis
"Alphonse Mucha: Master of Art Nouveau", Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, NY, October 12, 2019 - January 19, 2020
Collecting for the Commonwealth Preserving for the Nation, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1919-2018, Winter Antiques Show, Park Avenue Armory, New York City, NY, January 18 - 26, 2018;
Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1720 – 2008, Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY, March 7 – July 6, 2008;
"Art Nouveau, Symbolismus und Jugendstil in Frankreich," Mathildenhohe, Darmstadt, Germany, Oct 24, 1999 - Feb 13, 2000
"The Jewels of Lalique", Cooper-Hewitt Museum, NYC, Feb 3 - April 12, 1998; Smithsonian Inst. International Gallery, May 15 - Aug 16, 1998; Dallas Museum of Art, September 13, 1998 - January 10, 1999
"Cross-Currents of Modernism: Selections from the Sydney & Frances Lewis Collection", BGC, NYC, November 18, 1994 - February 26, 1995
"Sarah Bernhardt and Her Time," Wildenstein and Co., NY, Nov 11 - Dec 28, 1984
"Les Fouquet: Bijoutiers & Joalliers a Paris 1860-1960", Musée des Arts Decoratifs, January - February, 1984.
"Mucha: 1860-1938", Grand Palais, Paris, February 5 - April 28, 1980; Mathildenhohe, Darmstadt, June 8 - August 3, 1980; National Gallery of Prague, October - December, 1980;
VMFA example most likely a "second version" of the almost identical Bodice Ornament - now lost -displayed at the Exposition Universelle (World's Fair), Musee Centennal, Paris, 1900 (BLS);
VMFA example most likely a "second version" of the almost identical Bodice Ornament displayed at the exposition Universelle et Internationale, in Liege, Belgium, 1905 (BLS);
Related Bodice Ornament in: Art et Decoration, vol.. 7, 1900, p. 178;
Collecting for the Commonwealth Preserving for the Nation, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1919-2018, Winter Antiques Show, Park Avenue Armory, New York City, NY, January 18 - 26, 2018;
Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1720 – 2008, Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY, March 7 – July 6, 2008;
"Art Nouveau, Symbolismus und Jugendstil in Frankreich," Mathildenhohe, Darmstadt, Germany, Oct 24, 1999 - Feb 13, 2000
"The Jewels of Lalique", Cooper-Hewitt Museum, NYC, Feb 3 - April 12, 1998; Smithsonian Inst. International Gallery, May 15 - Aug 16, 1998; Dallas Museum of Art, September 13, 1998 - January 10, 1999
"Cross-Currents of Modernism: Selections from the Sydney & Frances Lewis Collection", BGC, NYC, November 18, 1994 - February 26, 1995
"Sarah Bernhardt and Her Time," Wildenstein and Co., NY, Nov 11 - Dec 28, 1984
"Les Fouquet: Bijoutiers & Joalliers a Paris 1860-1960", Musée des Arts Decoratifs, January - February, 1984.
"Mucha: 1860-1938", Grand Palais, Paris, February 5 - April 28, 1980; Mathildenhohe, Darmstadt, June 8 - August 3, 1980; National Gallery of Prague, October - December, 1980;
VMFA example most likely a "second version" of the almost identical Bodice Ornament - now lost -displayed at the Exposition Universelle (World's Fair), Musee Centennal, Paris, 1900 (BLS);
VMFA example most likely a "second version" of the almost identical Bodice Ornament displayed at the exposition Universelle et Internationale, in Liege, Belgium, 1905 (BLS);
Related Bodice Ornament in: Art et Decoration, vol.. 7, 1900, p. 178;
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