Ref : ZI02
Des milliards de fois s’en vint puis s’envola l’amour by Line Vautrin
Artist
Line Vautrin
Des milliards de fois s’en vint puis s’envola l’amour (Billions of times love came and went), gilded bronze box by Line Vautrin.
Finely chiseled gilt bronze box, the lid featuring a rebus which can be deciphered as follows:
des (des)
100000000000 (milliards)
2 (de)
fois (fois)
100 (s’en)
20 (vint)
Puits (puis)
s’envola (number 100 with wings followed by “a”)
l’amour (the word love usually represented by an angel by Line Vautrin).
Interior lined with cork.
Details
You should know
Lit. : For the same model: A. Bokelberg, Line Vautrin: Poetry in Metal, exhibition catalogue, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, April 16-June 29, 2003, p. 105.”
Signed by stamping on the reverse on two lines “LINE VAUTRIN”.
Very good original condition
Specifications
- Period
- Circa 1945-1950
- Dimensions
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Height: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm)
Width: 2 41/64 in. (6,7 cm)
Depth: 3 5/32 in. (8 cm)
