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":"
Gilded bronze box engraved with a rebus reading \u2018Chaque \u00e2ge a ses plaisirs\u2018 (Every age has its pleasures).
\nStamped \u2018Line Vautrin\u2019 underneath.
\nInterior covered with cork.<\/p>\n
Height 1,3 cm (1\/2 in) – Width 8,3 cm (3 1\/4 in) – Depth 7 cm (2 3\/4 in)<\/p>\n
Provenance :
\n– Private collection, France.<\/p>\n
Literature :
\n– \u00abSujet de conversation pour femme timide\u00bb, Paris-presse. L\u2019Intransigeant, 29 mai 1953.
\n– \u00ab Line Vautrin. R\u00e9bus \u00bb, L. Vautrin & P. Mauri\u00e8s, \u00e9d. Le promeneur, Paris, 1994, similar model reproduced planche 28.
\n– \u00ab Line Vautrin, Poesie in Metall \u00bb, collection Anne Bokelberg, Museum f\u00fcr Kunst und Gewerbe, Hambourg, 16 avril-29 juin 2003, catalogue d\u2019exposition, similar model in bronze and blue enamel reproduced, p. 103.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":42978,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2625],"product_tag":[3775,2951,2950],"class_list":{"0":"post-42976","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","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n