Small clock in Hector Guimard's style

Small clock in Hector Guimard's style

Wall clock, enamel and gilded bronze
Date
circa 1900
Size
length 29,5 cm - height 34 cm
Collection
Art Nouveau
Condition
very good state (the chain is missing)
Inventory number
342
Price
900
 

Long mistakenly attributed to Hector Guimard, the complex forms of the metallic decorations, asymmetrical, moving and continuous, have a real elegance and strongly evoke Guimard's style. However, it has a more naturalistic appearance, evoking more of a crisscrossing branch pattern, moving away from Guimard's decorative motifs at all stages of his stylistic evolution.

These cases are special orders placed with a ceramist. One of the known examples belonged to the collection of the Macklowe Gallery in New York (2004). Its note gave the provenance of the case as the faïencerie Keller & Guérin, a large artistic ceramic factory in Lunéville, near Nancy. Another example was sold at Ader at the Hôtel Drouot on June 14, 2013.

The small hanging chain is missing. The mechanism is complete but has not been revised.