Gabriel Argy-Rousseau "Oiseaux exotiques" Pate-de-verre Glass Vase
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Entitled Oiseaux Exotiques, this vase employs a striking palette and rhythmic avian frieze to echo the chromatic visual language emerging from the Soviet Union’s Constructivist display at the 1925 Exposition des Arts Décoratifs. A procession of black-and-red Eurasian cranes circles the vessel, each bird rendered at a different angle, creating a dynamic sense of motion. The collar and shoulder are bordered by stylized feather motifs in alternating bands of black, red, and white, while the ground is animated with white starbursts that deepen into graduated black centers. Together, these elements reflect the period’s fascination with the Constructivist triad of white, red, and black—colors widely interpreted to signify the bourgeoisie, the communists, and the counter-revolutionaries—transforming political symbolism into a sophisticated decorative program.
Item #: YG-21706
Artist: Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
Country: France
Circa: 1930
Dimensions: 6.125" height, 5.5" diameter.
Materials: Pate-de-verre glass
Signed: G. Argy-Rousseau, France
Literature: An example of this vase is pictured in: G. Argy Rousseau: Glassware as Art, by Janine Bloch-Dermant, London: Thames and Hudson, Ltd., 1991, cat. no. 30.11.
Item #: YG-21706
Artist: Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
Country: France
Circa: 1930
Dimensions: 6.125" height, 5.5" diameter.
Materials: Pate-de-verre glass
Signed: G. Argy-Rousseau, France
Literature: An example of this vase is pictured in: G. Argy Rousseau: Glassware as Art, by Janine Bloch-Dermant, London: Thames and Hudson, Ltd., 1991, cat. no. 30.11.
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau was a master of combining the stark geometry of the Art Deco aesthetic that dominated during his time and the naturalism that he was so drawn to; this vase is a perfect example of a marriage between the naturalism of the previously popular Art Nouveau period and the more current architectural lines and compositions of the 1920s.
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau was a master of combining the stark geometry of the Art Deco aesthetic that dominated during his time and the naturalism that he was so drawn to; this vase is a perfect example of a marriage between the naturalism of the previously popular Art Nouveau period and the more current architectural lines and compositions of the 1920s.
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