Unclassifiable artist, Line Vautrin (1913-1997) was named \u201cThe poetess of metal\u201d by Vogue magazine in 1948. This French artist expressed her desire for freedom through her works and stood out thanks to her original style which broke with the artistic conventions of the post-war period. A look back at this major artist of the 20th French decorative arts with a selection of boxes, powder boxes, bronze or talosel jewellery\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Box in gilded bronze ‘A d\u00e9chiffrer \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9gal de mon coeur’ engraved with words and numbers. Stamped ‘Line Vautrin’ underneath.
Interior covered with its original cork.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Provenance: Private collection, France.<\/p>\n
Literature:<\/p>\n
– \u00ab Line Vautrin. Re\u0301bus\u00bb, L. Vautrin & P. Maurie\u0300s, e\u0301d. Le promeneur, Paris, 1994,similar model reproduced pl 11.
– \u00ab Line Vautrin, Poesie in Metall \u00bb, collection Anne Bokelberg, Museum fu\u0308r Kunst und Gewerbe, Hambourg, 16 avril-29 juin 2003, catalogue d\u2019exposition, similar model in bronze and blue enamel reproduced p. 109.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":42642,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2625],"product_tag":[3775,2951,2961],"class_list":{"0":"post-42647","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-items","7":"product_tag-box-in-gilded-bronze-by-line-vautrin","8":"product_tag-the-gallery-chastel-marechal-buys-and-sells-line-vautrin-pieces-since-1994","9":"product_tag-the-gallery-chastel-marechal-is-specialized-in-line-vautrin-pieces-since-1994-en","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n