Fond Albert Cheuret, Galerie Marcilhac Archive
ALBERT CHEURET
'HERONS' CEILING LIGHTS, c. 1925
Suspension in finely chased bronze with an antique green and black patina, depicting three herons in full flight, swirling around a central alabaster element. The birds’ wings, delicately spread, are composed of sculpted alabaster leaves, diffusing a soft and nuanced light.
The whole is suspended from a central bronze stem adorned with a stylized floral motif, blossoming at the top to form an elegant canopy cover.
The whole is suspended from a central bronze stem adorned with a stylized floral motif, blossoming at the top to form an elegant canopy cover.
H 68.6 - Diam 101.6 cm.
H 27 - Diam 40 in.
H 27 - Diam 40 in.
Signed 'Albert Cheuret' on the canopy.
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Literature
Lumières, je pense à vous, exh. cat., Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1985, p. 124Charlotte and Peter Fiell, “1000 Lights, Vol. 1: 1879 to 1959”, Cologne, 2005, p. 214, for a similar example.
Alastair Duncan, “Art Deco Complete”, New York, 2009, p. 235, for a similar example.