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ALBERT BINQUET, PAIR OF HAND MIRRORS, c. 1921
ALBERT BINQUET, PAIR OF HAND MIRRORS, c. 1921
ALBERT BINQUET, PAIR OF HAND MIRRORS, c. 1921
ALBERT BINQUET, PAIR OF HAND MIRRORS, c. 1921

ALBERT BINQUET

PAIR OF HAND MIRRORS, c. 1921
Pair of hand mirrors in patinated bronze representing a stylized mask.
Each : 39,5 x 24 cm ; 15 ½ x 9 ½ in.

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Paire de miroirs à main en bronze patiné représentant un masque stylisé.

Inspiré de l'art mycénien, Albert Binquet a conçu ce modèle de miroir en 1921 pour Michel Bufet & Bureau, société M.A.M (Meubles Artistiques Modernes).
"(...) Enfin Dufet et Bureau ont eu une idée neuve et ingénieuse. Une sorte de masque mycénien termine leur cadre de bois doré. Et je vous assure que lorsque deux doigts sont passés dans les orbites vides de ce masque, l'objet ne risque pas de choir. Ainsi les miroirs à main ne sont pas choses aussi frivoles qu'on pourrait le penser d'abord." in "Miroirs à main" par Léon Deshairs, Art et Décoration, octobre 1921, pp. 125-128.
On trouve le même modèle dans la collection Jacques Doucet.
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Provenance

Inspired by Mycenaean art, Albert Binquet designed this model of mirror in 1921 for Michel Bufet & Bureau, a company called M.A.M (Meubles Artistiques Modernes).

"(...) Finally Dufet and Bureau had a new and ingenious idea. A sort of Mycenaean mask finishes their gilded wooden frame. And I assure you that when two fingers are passed in the empty orbits of this mask, the object does not risk to fall. Thus hand mirrors are not as frivolous as one might think at first" in "Miroirs à main" by Léon Deshairs, Art et Décoration, October 1921, pp. 125-128.

The same model can be seen in the Jacques Doucet collection.

Exhibitions

Model exhibited at the 12th Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, 1921.

Publications

"Miroirs à main" by Léon Deshairs, Art et Décoration, October 1921, pp. 125-128.
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