RENÉ BUTHAUD
'POMONE', 1936
Important decorative composition made of six adjoining panels depicting the nymph Pomona.
Executed in polychrome under glass, with shaded gold leaf and palladium accents. The frame is in patinated metal.
Pomona is a nymph from Roman mythology, associated with fruit and orchards. Guardian of fruit trees, she devotes her life to cultivating and protecting them. Unlike other divinities, she has no taste for wild forests or hunting: she prefers enclosed, carefully tended gardens.
Her principal myth links her to Vertumnus, the god of seasons and transformation. Madly in love with her, he attempts to seduce her in many different guises—an old man, a harvester, a vintner—but she rejects him each time. Eventually, he reveals his true appearance, youthful and radiant, and Pomona agrees to marry him.
It is a myth that celebrates fertility, transformation, and the harmony between cultivated nature and the passing seasons.
Executed in polychrome under glass, with shaded gold leaf and palladium accents. The frame is in patinated metal.
Pomona is a nymph from Roman mythology, associated with fruit and orchards. Guardian of fruit trees, she devotes her life to cultivating and protecting them. Unlike other divinities, she has no taste for wild forests or hunting: she prefers enclosed, carefully tended gardens.
Her principal myth links her to Vertumnus, the god of seasons and transformation. Madly in love with her, he attempts to seduce her in many different guises—an old man, a harvester, a vintner—but she rejects him each time. Eventually, he reveals his true appearance, youthful and radiant, and Pomona agrees to marry him.
It is a myth that celebrates fertility, transformation, and the harmony between cultivated nature and the passing seasons.
H 168 - W 210 cm.
H 66 1/8 - W 82 5/8 in.
H 66 1/8 - W 82 5/8 in.
Signed 'R. BUTHAUD', lower left.
Further images
Unique piece, acquired upon its creation by Raphaël Delorme (1886-1962), a painter of the Bordeaux school and a close associate of the ceramist; this is the Aubusson tapestry version presented at the 1937 International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life, Paris.
Provenance
From the collection of Raphaël Delorme (1886–1962), painter and leading figure of the Bordeaux school, contemporary and close associate of René Buthaud.Later in the collection of France Cruège de Forceville, a close friend of the artist and one of the witnesses at his wedding; daughter of Pierre Cruège, designer, close friend, and biographer of René Buthaud. France Cruège de Forceville is the author of numerous publications and curator of several exhibitions devoted to the Bordeaux ceramist. A recognised specialist, CNE expert, and dedicated collector of his work.Literature
Jacques Sargos – Bordeaux; Art et Civilisation, Éditions de l’Horizon Chimérique, Bordeaux, 2014. Our work reproduced as a double-page spread, pp. 350–351.Collective volume edited by Emmanuel Bréon and France Cruège de Forceville – René Buthaud, 1886–1986 – Art Deco Ceramist, catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musée des Beaux-Arts Antoine Lécuyer, Saint-Quentin (May 14 – September 17, 2023), Éditions Norma, Paris, 2023. Our work reproduced as a double-page spread.
Pierre Cruège – René Buthaud (1886–1986), Les Éditions de l’Amateur, Paris, 1996.The tapestry based on the same cartoon as our piece reproduced p. 184; fixed-under-glass panels reproduced pp. 177–179.
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