NOT SOLD (BIDDING OVER), HIGH BID WAS
2,200.00USD+ applicable fees & taxes.
This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2018 Nov 27 @ 18:00UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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COQUETTE BRONZE TABLE MIRROR
ARTIST: ERTE
DIMENSIONS APPROX. 12" X 16"
LIMITED EDITION #101 OF 250
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY & APPRAISAL
APPROX. WEIGHT: 15-16 POUNDS
A SIGNED DECORATIVE 20TH CENTURY FRENCH BRONZE ROTATING 'COQUETTE' SCULPTED LIMITED EDITION BRONZE FOLDING MIRROR, MADE BY ERTE "RON."
THIS PIECE TURNS ON CASTORS AND IS HINGED SO THAT THE MIRRORED SIDE, OR THE SCULPTURED SIDE CAN BE FACE UPWARD. THIS SCULPTURE DEPICTS A YOUNG LADY CONQUETTISHLY PEEKING OVER AN ELOBORATE FAN OF FEATHERS. THE PATTERN GRADUATES FROM BRONZE TO GLIMMERING GOLD.
MIRROR SIGNED ERTE. #101 OF 250.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
ERTE, BORN ROMAIN DE TIRTOFF WAS BORN IN RUSSIA IN 1892 AND WAS BASED IN PARIS, FRANCE DURING HIS CAREER. THROUGHOUT THE 20TH CENTURY, ERTE WAS A DIVERSELY TALENTED ART DECO ARTIST AND WAS AN EXPERT IN FASHION, GRAPHIC ARTS, COSTUME AND SET DESIGN, THEATER, AND INTERIOR DECORATION. HIS WORK HAS BEEN FEATURED IN VARIOUS ART MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD FROM TOKYO TO THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART.
IN MAY OF 1920, ERTE SPENT THE SUMMER IN MONTE CARLO, WORKING, WRITING, AND ENJOYING THE OPERA MADE FOR A PLEASANT MONTH FOR HIM. IN A WHIMSICAL MOMENT HE DESIGNED THE THREE FANTASY FANS FOR THE WELL DRESSED WOMAN, WANTING TO BEAT THE SUMMER HEAT.
ONE OF THESE DESIGNS WAS SHAPED LIKE THE WING OF A HUGE BIRD, WITH A MYRIAD OF TINY PLUMES OF MANY TINY HUES. IN 1985, HE MODIFIED THE DESIGN FOR A TABLE MIRROR CALLED "COQUETTE" IN WHICH A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WITH STYLIZED HAIR IS PEEKING OVER THE WING FAN.
WITH ONLY ONE EYE VISIBLE, SHE IS A TEASE, A MYSTERY TO ANY MAN. IT TOOK ALMOST A YEAR TO FIND A SOURCE FOR LASER CUT MIRRORED GLASS WHICH WOULD MEET ERTE'S EXACTING STANDARDS.
IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT. ERTE HAS SAID, THE COQUETTE IS ONE OF HIS FAVORITE OBJECTS OF ART.
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