EMILE LENOBLE
TOBACCO POT, c. 1930
Brown glazed stoneware tobacco jar with geometric decoration in the form of a stylised Greek frieze. The rosewood cover, inset with an agate cabochon, was designed by Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann (1879–1933).
H 9 - H 13 cm. (with lid)
Diam 17 cm.
H 3 1/2 - H 5 1/8 in. (with lid)
Diam 6 3/4 in.
Diam 17 cm.
H 3 1/2 - H 5 1/8 in. (with lid)
Diam 6 3/4 in.
Signed beneath the recessed base with the artist’s monogram and inscribed: “À mon vieil ami Boutreux.” Labels beneath the lid referring to Ruhlmann and Lenoble.
The jar was dedicated to the painter Félix Boutreux, a close friend of the artist.
The jar was dedicated to the painter Félix Boutreux, a close friend of the artist.
Further images
Literature
For a similar model in collaboration with Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann:“Les années ’25”, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, March 3–May 16, 1966, Yvonne Brunhammer, no. 763, p. 115
“Le Style 1925”, Yvonne Brunhammer, p. 143
“Cinquantenaire de l'Exposition de 1925”, exhibition catalogue, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, October 15, 1976–February 2, 1977, Yvonne Brunhammer, no. 628, p. 89
“Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco”, exhibition catalogue, Boulogne-Billancourt, Musée des Années 30, Espace Landowski, November 15, 2001–March 17, 2002, Emmanuel Bréon, p. 177
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