Lot 420
Flowers : 2 Panels.
Sold
$3,120
Est.
$3,000
- $4,000
Live Auction
PAI-XC: Rare Posters
Live Bidding began Jul 18, 2023 at 11:00 AM EDT
ARTIST
ÉLISABETH SONREL (1874-1953)
Category
Description
Artist: ÉLISABETH SONREL (1874-1953)
Size: Each approx.: 11 x 26 in./28 x 66 cm
Condition: A-/ Slight tears in bottom edge of Montagne.
Reference: PAI-XLII, 460 (var)
Key Words: Art Nouveau
Flowers : 2 Panels.
This lot includes two of the decorative panels in Sonrel’s Flowers set: Fleur de Montagne and Fleur des Eaux. As opposed to many of the other similar plates executed in this style, there is no real attempt to personify the flora with the women present. Rather, they compliment one another in such a splendiferous fashion, be they blond or brunette, mountain or water flower, that any sort of additional allegory would be a useless redundancy. And at times such as this, it’s quite obvious that a natural beauty need not be anything more than just that. (2)
Size: Each approx.: 11 x 26 in./28 x 66 cm
Condition: A-/ Slight tears in bottom edge of Montagne.
Reference: PAI-XLII, 460 (var)
Key Words: Art Nouveau
Flowers : 2 Panels.
This lot includes two of the decorative panels in Sonrel’s Flowers set: Fleur de Montagne and Fleur des Eaux. As opposed to many of the other similar plates executed in this style, there is no real attempt to personify the flora with the women present. Rather, they compliment one another in such a splendiferous fashion, be they blond or brunette, mountain or water flower, that any sort of additional allegory would be a useless redundancy. And at times such as this, it’s quite obvious that a natural beauty need not be anything more than just that. (2)