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A VISION OF OLYMPISM: JEAN-LOUIS LAMOT COLLECTION

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jeudi 18 juillet - 11:00/18:00, La Salle
vendredi 19 juillet - 10:00/12:00, La Salle
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Lot 79 - Olympic Games/ summer, 1924/ Paris/ Emile Louis Bracquemond (1889-1970) and Octave Guillonnet (1872-1967) Antique-style Sèvres vase, with its unmistakable blue color and airy neck, presented to the winners of the 1924 Games. One of only four models in an edition of 81, for a total print run of 324. Our example therefore features four of the sixteen disciplines on the program, and we are fortunate to have here subtly enhanced with pale green and golden laurel sprigs, alongside rowing and diving, the two great team sports of the Paris Games, association soccer and rugby soccer. Diam. top: 6.5 cm, bottom: 8 cm; height 33 cm. Perfect condition The representations are by the great Octave Guillonnet, and the ceramic work is by the no less famous Emile Louis Bracquemond (1889-1970). All the indisputable references are there, RF décor Sèvres, 1924...Football-rugby was making its last Olympic appearance here (it was present in 1900, 1908 and 1920), before reappearing in a new format (7-a-side) in 2016 in Rio. As in 1920, this mini-tournament was marked by violence, with the United States claiming victory. As for association soccer, it was in Paris that it really came into its own, with the Uruguayan team dominating Switzerland 3-0 in the final. The South American magicians really played ball, and helped to create the World Cup, the first edition of which was celebrated on their soil in 1930. With this incomparable vase, we also rediscover the genius of Octave Guillonnet (1872-1967), who in 1899 decorated the parlour of the Lycée Lakanal in Sceaux with the most beautiful football-rugby piece ever created, a marvel measuring 4m by 15m...This high school, a pioneer of sport in France with an athletic association founded in 1889, had as its driving force a young student named Frantz-Reichel... He is featured in the painting, as he would be in the 1924 Olympic organization. A high-flying piece, and not just because of its collar.

Estim. 4 000 - 6 000 EUR

Lot 88 - Olympic Games/ Summer, 1924/ Paris/Bal/ Goncharova/ Russian/ Cupola/ Closerie des Lilas/ Double-sided Olympic Ball poster Framed 65 x 25.5 cm Small trace of nail at top left, initial color gone, it was green or pink. The most important and rare poster of the 1924 Games is perhaps not a poster at all, since it is double-sided, and to glue it (its vocation) would be to cut it in two. Obverse. "Bal Olympique, a real costume ball organized by the Union des Artistes Russes in Paris, on Friday, July 11, 1924, from midnight to 6 a.m., at the Taverne de l'Olympia (28 bd des Capucines). Victor Barthe's (1887-1954) creation of an antique athlete opened the ball, with music by the great Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983). The ball was dedicated to Apollo, God of the Olympics, and to the glory of the Colombes Olympiad, as well as to a fine line-up of champions including Carpentier, Dempsey, Zbysko, Lenglen, Tilden, Babe Ruth, etc. Aviation was not forgotten, with Icare, Ader, the Wrights, Blériot, Léonard de Vinci and Blériot, etc...The decorations, piloted by Marie Wassilieff, will be created by 50 artists, including Aragon, Bourdelle, Géo Charles, Chana Orloff, Foujita, Picabia, Ravel and Segonzac....300 posters with original drawings by famous artists will be displayed in Paris...Tickets are on sale at La Closerie des Lilas, Le Dôme, La Rotonde and Les Deux Magots. Revers. Drawing by Natacha Goncharova (1881-1962), a costume project for the Olympic Ball, suitable for both sexes and recommended for people in a hurry. Materials: colored paper and calico. The program included a number of parodic sports exercises (general foot ball, rhythmic gymnastics, etc.) featuring Foujita, Tristan Tzara, Larionov, Mane Katz, Martinou, etc. Admission: 30f, 15f for artists.a marvel, demonstrating the joyful dynamism of the Russian artistic colony in Paris, which was considerable at the time. No Cultural Olympiad today could field such a cast. Very rare, given its fragility and small print run, very few copies have survived the passage of time.

Estim. 700 - 1 500 EUR