ERTE BRONZE MIRROR “ALL SAILS UP” with original presentation box = S O L D !!!!

TITLE: ALL SAILS UP

ARTIST: ERTE’ ROMAIN DE TIRTOFF

EDITION SIZE: 1/256

NUMBERED: 43/256

APPRAISED VALUE: $3900

with copies of COA and appraisal included

A stunning Art Deco- style hand mirror, s=designed by Erte’ and cast using the lost wax technique at the Joel Meisner & Co. Foundry.

Erte’, whose fashion images adorned the pages of Harpers bazaar from 1932-1937, was one of the most prominent French illustrators of the Art deco period. Although he is best know for his fashion illustrations and magazine cover designs,Erte’ also enjoyed designing and sculpting three-dimensional objects from an early age. Erte’ explains in his artist’s statement: “Since my boyhood in fashion,theatre and decorative arts,i have designed three-dimensional pieces as a medium of expression and I have always enjoyed sculpting as one of my g=favorite means of expression.

This mirror fits perfectly within his stylish aesthetic: The back of the p[iece is graced with a glamorous woman dressed in the fashion of the 1930’s,wearing draping strands of golden beads. Long earrings and an elegant coif surmounted by a large golden comb complete her ensemble, as she gazes out at a vignette of a sailing ship on aqua blue seas. Golden clouds frame the ship,almost like a theatrical curtain,and the scene is opted with a phrase “Toutes Voiles Dehors” “All sails Up”

The mirror is round with elegantly beveled glass. Including the slender,tapered handle,the piece measures approximately thirteen inches in length  by seven inches in width. Housed in a stately wood presentation case lined with green satin and velvet .

Presentation box measures 16.25 x 10.25 inches

This fine sample of Erte’s decorative work is in very fine condition. Box with minor light surface scratches and the inner lining is lightly discolored with age

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