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ANNA QUINQUAUD (1890-1984) SCULPTOR & MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SÈVRES Les Jumeaux, the model designed around [1931], most probably presented at the Galerie Charpentier and then at the 1931 Exposition Coloniale, the enamelled stoneware edition of only 7 made between1932 and 1934. Sculpted group. Proof in shaded brown enameled stoneware. Signed A. QUINQUAUD on the terrace, bears the date stamp (not clearly legible, probably e for 1932) of the Manufacture Nationale de SÈVRES and the mention LR on the back of the terrace edge, bears the stylized letter B on the side of the terrace edge, presence of a lacunar Manufacture label on the reverse inside. Height: 25cm Terrace: 19.5 x 15cm Provenance: Private collection, Paris: Private collection, Paris. Historical background: Anna Quinquaud signed a contract with Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres on December 15, 1931 for the ceramic edition of the sculpture Les Jumeaux. Only 7 proofs were produced; 4 in 1932 and 3 in 1934. The mold was discontinued in 1942 under the direction of Guillaume Jeanneau, then director of the Manufacture. Six different sculptures by Anna Quinquaud were produced in ceramic by the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres between the 1930s and 1940s, all in extremely limited editions. Public collections: - Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres - A plaster proof of the sculpture Les Jumeaux is kept in the collections of this institution. - Musée des Beaux-Arts, Brest - A plaster cast of the Les Jumeaux sculpture is held in the collections of this institution. Exhibitions: - Les foulahs du Fouta-Djallon, sculptures et dessins [by Mlle Anna Quinquaud] - Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 1931. A proof (plaster or bronze) of our sculpture model was probably presented at this event. - Exposition Coloniale, Paris, 1931 - A proof (plaster or bronze) of our sculpture model was probably presented at this event. Bibliography: Anne Doridou-Heim - Anna Quinquaud; sculptrice exploratrice - Somogy Éditions d'Art, Paris, 2011. Identical model reproduced on page 72, plaster proof reproduced on page 109, description of this sculpture model and its editions on page 109.
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ANNA QUINQUAUD (1890-1984) SCULPTOR & MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SÈVRES Les Jumeaux, the model designed around [1931], most probably presented at the Galerie Charpentier and then at the 1931 Exposition Coloniale, the enamelled stoneware edition of only 7 made between1932 and 1934. Sculpted group. Proof in shaded brown enameled stoneware. Signed A. QUINQUAUD on the terrace, bears the date stamp (not clearly legible, probably e for 1932) of the Manufacture Nationale de SÈVRES and the mention LR on the back of the terrace edge, bears the stylized letter B on the side of the terrace edge, presence of a lacunar Manufacture label on the reverse inside. Height: 25cm Terrace: 19.5 x 15cm Provenance: Private collection, Paris: Private collection, Paris. Historical background: Anna Quinquaud signed a contract with Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres on December 15, 1931 for the ceramic edition of the sculpture Les Jumeaux. Only 7 proofs were produced; 4 in 1932 and 3 in 1934. The mold was discontinued in 1942 under the direction of Guillaume Jeanneau, then director of the Manufacture. Six different sculptures by Anna Quinquaud were produced in ceramic by the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres between the 1930s and 1940s, all in extremely limited editions. Public collections: - Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres - A plaster proof of the sculpture Les Jumeaux is kept in the collections of this institution. - Musée des Beaux-Arts, Brest - A plaster cast of the Les Jumeaux sculpture is held in the collections of this institution. Exhibitions: - Les foulahs du Fouta-Djallon, sculptures et dessins [by Mlle Anna Quinquaud] - Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 1931. A proof (plaster or bronze) of our sculpture model was probably presented at this event. - Exposition Coloniale, Paris, 1931 - A proof (plaster or bronze) of our sculpture model was probably presented at this event. Bibliography: Anne Doridou-Heim - Anna Quinquaud; sculptrice exploratrice - Somogy Éditions d'Art, Paris, 2011. Identical model reproduced on page 72, plaster proof reproduced on page 109, description of this sculpture model and its editions on page 109.
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