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Objet: The LA Edition 
Pierre Patout, Henri-Ernest Brecy and Émile Roucheret, Rare and Important tobacco jars, pair - Image 1 of 5
Pierre Patout, Henri-Ernest Brecy and Émile Roucheret, Rare and Important tobacco jars, pair - Image 2 of 5
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Pierre Patout, Henri-Ernest Brecy and Émile Roucheret

Rare and Important tobacco jars, pair

Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
France, 1925
glazed stoneware 10 h × 5½ dia in (25 × 14 cm)
estimate: $8,000–12,000
result: $8,255
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Incised signature and impressed manufacturer's mark to underside of each example 'ER' and ‘Made in France SG 1925’. Incised signature and date to underside of one example 'Brecy 1925'.
provenance: 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris | Acquired from the previous by Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., New York | Christie's, New York, 31 March 1998, Lot 47 | Private Collection | Sotheby’s, New York, A Celebration of Art Deco: Masterworks from the Collection of Dr. Stephen E. Kelly Evening Sale, 9 December 2020, Lot 10 | Sotheby's, New York, Important Designs: from Noguchi to Lalanne, 25 May 2021, Lot 68 | Private Collection
exhibited: Art Deco Ceramics, 11 June - 13 August 2014, Kelly Gallery, New York | The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s, 7 April - 20 August 2017, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York (traveling exhibition)
literature: Art Deco Ceramics, Kelly Gallery exhibition catalog, pg. 16 The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum exhibition catalog, pg. 54

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A Monument In Miniature

Rare Tobacco Jars from the Collection of John D. Rockefeller

Auguste Leon, Paris (7th arr.), France The Decorative Arts Exhibition, Pavilion and Garden of the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres and Burgundy Tower, courtesy Musée départemental Albert-Kahn

The present works were acquired directly from the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris by American financier and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Modeled after architecture that Rockefeller, Jr. would have encountered during his visit, each jar is a highly detailed miniature version of the eight towers surrounding the Exposition's Sèvres Pavilion. Designed by Pierre Patout and sculptor Jean-Baptiste Gauvenet and hewn from glazed stoneware, these jars capture the essence of the original architectural features with remarkable precision, echoing every intricate element of the Chinoiserie-inspired forms. As a landmark international event, the Exposition played a vital role in cementing the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres's reputation as a leading producer of both large and small-scale ceramics in porcelain, faience, and stoneware.

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