Paul-François Berthoud "Visage de Femme" Bronze Jardiniere
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Paul-François Berthoud’s "Visage de Femme" is a bronze jardiniere or planter vessel. This artwork features the face of a windswept woman. Although she is only viewable from the chest up, she is gilded and nude with long, swirling, wavy locks that appear to form the vessel’s shape. Her hair creates the shape of the jardiniere’s opening and continues along the vessel’s sides but stops on the object’s reverse. The differentiation between the vessel and her hair is seen in the dark patinated bronze background, contrasting with her golden locks.
Item #: YS-20965
Artist: Paul-François Berthoud
Country: France
Circa: 1900
Dimensions: 4" diameter, 5.75" height
Materials: Gilt Bronze
Signed: Louchet foundry stamp
Literature: Pictured in: Dynamic Beauty: Sculpture of Art Nouveau Paris, by Macklowe Gallery, The Studley Press, 2011, p. 55.
Arwas, Victor. Art nouveau: the French aesthetic. London, Andreas Papadakis, 2002, p. 230-231
Item #: YS-20965
Artist: Paul-François Berthoud
Country: France
Circa: 1900
Dimensions: 4" diameter, 5.75" height
Materials: Gilt Bronze
Signed: Louchet foundry stamp
Literature: Pictured in: Dynamic Beauty: Sculpture of Art Nouveau Paris, by Macklowe Gallery, The Studley Press, 2011, p. 55.
Arwas, Victor. Art nouveau: the French aesthetic. London, Andreas Papadakis, 2002, p. 230-231
The etymology of the word Jardiniere is taken directly from the French jardinière, the female form of the occupational noun gardener. In English, the word denotes an ornamental planter designed to display plants. This object is no ordinary vessel for planting common garden herbs; it is intended to display especially extravagant foliage, as evidenced in the name and material gilt bronze utilized.
The etymology of the word Jardiniere is taken directly from the French jardinière, the female form of the occupational noun gardener. In English, the word denotes an ornamental planter designed to display plants. This object is no ordinary vessel for planting common garden herbs; it is intended to display especially extravagant foliage, as evidenced in the name and material gilt bronze utilized.
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