Sculpture (for Jacques Doucet residence, Paris, France) (Primary Title)
Gustave Miklos, Hungarian (active in France), 1888 - 1967 (Artist)
In 1909 Gustave Miklos left his home of Budapest for Paris. Probably influenced by his friendship with the Cubist sculptor Joseph Csáky, Miklos’s early work reflects the geometric lines of Cubism. In 1919 Miklos met the French fashion designer and art patron Jacques Doucet, for whom he executed various works, including this crystal sculpture that was placed on an ebony table made by Rose Adler, in the next gallery.
Gift of Sydney and Frances Lewis
Displayed at Deuxième exposition, Union des artistes modernes, galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 1931 (retrospective of P. Legrain);
Jacques Doucet - Yves Saint Laurent: Living for Art, Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, October 15, 2015 - February 14, 2016
“Cinquantenaire de l’Exposition de 1925,” Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, Oct. 15, 1976-Feb. 2, 1977.
“Art Déco Année 25,” Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1976.
©artist or artist’s estate
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