Ernest Bussière, Perianthe, Art Nouveau Ceramics

Date: circa 1903
Dimensions: Height 13.5 cm
Ernest BUSSIÈRE (1863-1913) & KELLER & GUERIN-LUNÉVILLE
Perianth
Vase in ceramic entirely enameled in green and matt red.
Signed with both names, located in Lunéville and numbered 8B.
Height 13.5 cm

Exhibition:

Exhibition of the Nancy School, Pavillon de Marsan, Paris, from March 1 to April 1, 1903.
Metz-Nancy, Nancy-Metz: a history of borders, 1861 - 1909, La Cour d'Or museum, Metz, from December 18, 1999 to March 12, 2000.
Ernest Bussière Plant Ceramics and Art Nouveau, Nancy School Museum, Nancy, from June 21 to September 25, 2000.

History:
A similar example from the former collection of Jean-Baptiste Eugène Corbin is kept at the Nancy School Museum (inv. 206).
The piece presented here comes from the former collection of Robert Zehil published in Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics on page 84.

Bibliography:

Collective, Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, Pavillon de Marsan - Exhibition of the provincial alliance of art industries - École de Nancy, March 1903 - Official illustrated catalog, Edition of the Lorraine artist, Nancy, 1903, our vase reproduced (np).
Émile Gallé, The School of Nancy in Paris, The Lorraine artist, n°6, March 15, 1903, our vase referenced and reproduced p. 86.
Collective, Céramique Lorraine: Masterpieces of the 18th & 19th centuries, Regional Council of Lorraine & Éditions Serpenoise & Presses Universitaires de Nancy, 1991, model kept at the museum of the École de Nancy referenced under n°216 and reproduced p. 315.
Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salons 1895-1914. Vol. IV: Ceramics & Glass, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 1994, our vase reproduced p. 261.
Annabelle Hery, La faïencerie de Lunéville, 1786 - 1923: les Keller et Guérin, Vesoul, 1999, variant of our model reproduced p. 103.
Collectif, L'École de Nancy, 1889-1909. Art nouveau et industries d'art, catalogue of the eponymous exhibition from 24 April to 26 July 1999 at the Galerie Poirel, Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 1999, model held at the Musée de l'École de Nancy referenced under no. 21 and reproduced p. 289.
Collective, Metz-Nancy, Nancy-Metz: a history of the border, 1861-1909, catalogue of the eponymous exhibition from 18 December 1999 to 12 March 2000 at the Musée de La Cour d'Or, Éditions Serpenoise, Metz, variants of our model referenced under nos. 231 & 232 and reproduced on p. 193.
Céramiques Végétales Ernest Bussière et l'Art Nouveau, Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy, Nancy, from 21 June to 25 September 2000. 1st cover and p. 53.
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics - An Illustrated Dictionary, Éditions Norma, Paris, 2015, p. 84. Former Robert Zehil collection.

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