‘Ecstacy’ – Erte (Romain De Tirtoff)
Art Deco female dancer sculpture ca.1930 by Ferdinand Preiss, Austria.
Art Deco relief mural by Ronald Atkinson
Lobby, (former) Daily Express Building, London
The Art Deco movement was championed in 1925 as a mission to embrace modernism, decorativism and globalism into a collective creative force and harness the artistic talent that had converged on Paris after WW1. A comparable influential trajectory had occured in 1919 when Walter Gropius established the Bauhaus School with the bold objective of merging architecture, sculpture and painting into a single creative expression to develop a utopian craft guild of artists.
The International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts (which was the genesis of the term Art Deco) became the focus for this style upheaval and a new design aesthetic emerged replete with references to fashion, finesse, glamour and elegance. The streamlined designs introduced in this era inspired sleeker lines which also appeared in architecture and fashion. According to Erte, Art Deco became a “confluence of Cubism and Art Nouveau.” The unpredictable Cubist abstractions and their fluid perspective had a more refined fusion which became tempered by the harmonious undulations of nature. Erte’s art defined an era of sophistication and luxury combined with a sublime balance and flambouyant fashion exploration to promote a contemporary freedom of expression. Jean Dupas was also one of the adventurous designer artists in the 30s with his fascinating synthesis of Surrrealism, Art Nouveau, Neo Classical and Art Deco. It was an unparralled era for the integration of so many new Art movements into a formidable innovative design front.
Large Art Deco silvered chryselephantine Art Deco sculpture; designed by Max le Verrier
France
Poole Pottery vase
Art Deco Pontiac Indian hood ornament
1933
Berlin artist Dodo (Dörte Clara Wolff )
Art Deco coffee set in silver, designed by Paul A. Lobel
1934
Art Deco bronze nude dancer by prolific French Art Deco sculptor, Pierre le Faguays
circa-1930
Art Deco coloured Lithongraph by Jean Dupas
Modiano Cigarette poster
RKZ Mensware poster – 1920s
Delahaye 175s Saoutchik Roadster
Art Deco bronze figure ‘Antinea’ by Demetre Chiparus
Art Deco garniture mantle clock
CA. 1930
Neptune and mermaid Art Deco centrepiece by R. Durquet
France-20th century
Art deco porcelain bathing beauty exotic dancer figurine.
Germany
Art Deco Eagle sculpture — James T Foley Courthouse
Albany, New York
Art deco, um 1925,– Sammler-Stück
Art deco—Czech glass perfume bottle
Bulbous french art deco porcelain red & orange stork vase
Reclining woman and peacock porcelain figurine by Lemone
Black Lacquer and Gold Screen-Attributed to Paul Feher
Boch Freras Art Deco Glazed Pottery Floral Vase
Bouraine Art Deco bronze sculpture– ‘Amazone’
Lawrence Tenney Stevens – long horned sheep with wings ‘Woofus’ sculpture
Texas Exposition 1936
Lucien Lelong—French Art-Deco Handpainted Porcelain Vase
circa-1935
Carole Lombard dans“Rumba”, 1935, costume -de Travis Banton
Bronze commemorative medal by André Lavrillier and Alfred Janniot
1930
Palais Stoclet, Brussles
Camille Faure Art Deco Copper Enamel Geometric Vase
Claudette Colbert on Art Deco throne– Cecil B Demille’s Cleopatra
1934
Carlton ware Forest Pattern vase with stylised trees
Spherical Art-Deco style Animated Antelopes Vase by Keralouvre La Louviere
Art Deco/Flapper Costume design
1926
Demetre Chiparus—Art Déco—Sculpture ‘Danseuse de Footsteps’
1925
PIERRE LAUREL Art Deco bronze of a nude woman lacing her sandals, marble base
1930
1st Dibs
The Goddesses by Odyv
Art Deco women with her dog
Delores del Rio
Der Windhund, 1929
Goldscheider Vienna Elegant Lady With Hat And Gloves By Claire Weiss C.1936
Art Deco vase with handle — Eelke Snel–Potterie Kennemerland
English School Art Deco reclinging Easy chair with walnut frame–1930
Erté, ‘Dancing in the Dark’
1920’s
Strikingly original Art Deco abstract design vase
Johann Philipp Ferdinand Preiss ‘Breasting the tape’
circa 1925
Fortunato Depero, Futurist ‘Vogue’ cover
1929-ca.
Frankart Table Lamp Glass and painted metal Square
Haller Revue 1924 – Monika Sperr
Dodo – In der Loge, 1929
Art Deco jug Jarro Branco Laranja – Vista Alegre
1935
Joe Descompe – art deco figurine – girl with cape
Josephine Baker
1936.
Lady Mantle Clock by Uriano
Large bronze sculpture with silver patina depicting a young naked dancer and a greyhound –Abel R Philippe
House Of Erte – ‘Fireflies’—Royal Dalton
Crackled white vase – Rene Buthaud
Sevres flared vase – Ruhlmann N°3
CzechJazz Art Deco vase
Sheryls
Newtone art deco vase
Australia
Silvered bronze French Art Deco naked girl on marble plinth
Stoneware vase by Carl Harry Stalhane for Rorstrand
Daily Planet Art Deco set created in Sydney for Superman Returns
Swedish Rorstrans–porcelain vase
1935
Tänzerin ”Spanischer Shawl” Josef Lorenzl (Entwurf), Goldscheider, (Dolores del Rio)
1928-29
Swedish art deco vase by Gunnar Nylund for Rorstrand
The Birth of Venus- Art Deco styled sculptural bas relief—Boris Blai
1956
‘The Gentlemen with the Glacier Eye’ – Dodo
1928
“The lute player” – Jan & Joel Martel
1932
Trim fireplace clock in white marble veined beige decorated with floral motifs in gilded bronze
Aguttes
‘The Man’ – M. Lhermann
L’Homme 1939
Two Art Deco Cubist vases–Glazed earthenware–signed T R Lallemant
France
7.5inches
Louis GIRAUD grand Art Deco vase
Vallauris
A Daum Art Deco glass Vase (1930-35)—Dalbera,Paris
Africanist Deco Vase and cover by René Buthaud
Vintage Art Deco French Orientalist decor – Caravan Scene Painted Glass Vase
Vase Pierrefonds 20th Art Deco for Crystallizations
Height 40 Cm
Vogue Cover—June 1926 Poster Print by William Bolin
‘You owe it to your audience’ – Kayser stockings
1930s
Waylande Gregory–‘Burlesque Dancer’ white porcelain cubist figurine
Music of the Art Deco era
Darlin’ — Lucky Millinder Orchestra
Yes!Yes! — Mills Blue Rythym Band – 1937
‘Some Of These Days’ – Valaida Snow — (on vocals and trumpet) – 1937
Valaida Snow -‘I Must Have That Man’ – 1936
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