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Lot 58: PAIRE DE BRAS À DEUX LUMIÈRES Attribué à Jacques CAFFIERI (1678-1755)

Est: €120,000 EUR - €150,000 EURSold:
Marc Arthur Kohn ParisParis, FranceMarch 31, 2015

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Description

PAIRE DE BRAS À DEUX LUMIÈRES
Attribué à Jacques CAFFIERI (1678-1755)
Paris, époque Louis XV, vers 1750
Matériaux
Bronzes dorés
H. 59,5 cm, L. 45 cm, P. 26 cm

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Literature

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Notes

Cette paire d'appliques à deux lumières en bronze ciselé et doré est
un exceptionnel témoignage de la quintessence de l'art rocaille du milieu du XVIIIe siècle à Paris.
Admirablement ciselé et d'une éblouissante qualité de dorure, chaque applique présente un fût au parcours chantourné à motifs de volutes feuillagées d'acanthes et de fleurons, ponctué au centre de l'amorce croisée de deux bras de lumières, très richement soulignés d'amples volutes d'acanthes, et ponctués de bobèches feuillagées et de binets à corolles de canaux et de feuillages tores. L'ensemble affiche un remarquable équilibre.
L'art « rocaille » trouva probablement son expression la plus éclatante
et la plus durable dans les arts du métal qui se prêtèrent à merveille
aux variations plastiques teintées de naturalisme d'un répertoire dont
l'apogée est située autour des années 1745.
Les grands ornemanistes de la période, comme Nicolas Pineau
(1684-1754), Jacques Caffieri (1673-1755) ou Jean-Claude Duplessis
(1690/1695-1774) contribuèrent activement à l'épanouissement de
l'art rocaille en France dont l'un des grands traits constitutifs, bien
illustré avec nos bras de lumière, était de détourner, complètement
ou partiellement, l'objet de sa forme initiale pour ne plus former
qu'un seul corps d'ornement. Chaque bras présente ici un répertoire
ornemental presque exclusivement végétal. Il est composé d'une suite
ininterrompue de volutes spiralées de feuilles d'acanthe, rehaussées
de petites fleurs ciselées au naturel. Bobèches et binets affichent un
mouvement en spirale très caractéristique de l'Œuvre de Jacques
Caffieri (1678-1755).
Il en est ainsi d'une paire de bras à deux lumières conservée au Musée du Louvre, attribuée à Jacques Caffieri qui présente de fortes similitudes avec notre modèle . Ceux-ci pourraient correspondre au « model double de bras de cheminée à fleurs à deux branches » mentionné dans l'inventaire après décès de Caffieri en 1755 (cf.Alcouffe, 1989, p. 132).
Le Rijksmuseum d'Amsterdam conserve quant à lui deux paires de
bras de lumière de la même période au répertoire stylistique très
proche de notre modèle.

Véritable hymne à l'art rocaille par la souplesse des lignes et la composition du décor, ces bras de lumière qui se répondent symétriquement témoignent que les bronziers étaient parvenus au
zénith de leur art en ce milieu du XVIIIe siècle.

Références bibliographiques
Daniel Alcouffe, Anne Dion-Tenenbaum et Gérard Mabille, Les bronzes d'ameublement du Louvre, Dijon, 2004, p. 54-55, cat. 19
Reinier Baarsen, Paris 1650-1900, Decorative Arts in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2013, p.

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If payment is made by cheque or by wire transfer, lots cannot be withdrawn until the payment has been cleared. From the moment the hammer falls, sold items will become the exclusive responsibility of the buyer. The buyer will be solely responsible for the insurance. Marc-Arthur Kohn assumes no liability for any damage to items. Buyers at Marc-Arthur Kohn are requested to confirm with Marc-Arthur Kohn before withdrawing their purchases. Kohn has several storage warehouses. An export licence can take four or six weeks to process, although this time may be significantly reduced depending upon how promptly the buyer supplies the necessary information to Marc-Arthur KOHN.
Law and jurisdiction:
These Conditions of purchase are governed by french law exclusively.
Any dispute shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Paris.

Auction Details

Vente de Prestige

by
Marc Arthur Kohn Paris
March 31, 2015, 06:00 PM CET

112 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré, Paris, 75008, FR

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Buyer's Premium

€0 - 499,999:25.2%
€500,000+:19.0%

Bidding Increments

From:To:Increment:
€0€99€10
€100€499€50
€500€999€100
€1,000€3,999€200
€4,000€19,999€500
€20,000€49,999€1,000
€50,000+€5,000

TERMS OF SALE AND BIDS

TERMS OF SALE AND BIDS
The sale will be conducted in Euros (e).
Purchasers pay in addition to the hammer price, a buyer's premium from 0 to e 500 000:
25,20% (21 % + VAT).
For amounts superior to e 500 000: 19% (15,83% + VAT).
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For any member of the EEC, non assembled stones are liable to VAT 20%.
The auctioneer is bound by the indications in the catalogue, modified only by eventual announcements made at the time of the sale noted into the legal records thereof. Prospective bidders should inspect the property before bidding to determine its condition, size, and wether or not it has been repaired, restored or repainted. Exhibitions prior to the sale at Marc-Arthur Kohn or on the sale point permits buyers to establish the condition of the works offered for sale, and therefore no claims will be accepted after the fall of the hammer. Pictures may differ from actual product.

BIDS
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an object, the lot will be put up for sale again and all those present in the sale room may participate in this second opportunity to bid.

ABSENTEE BIDS AND TELEPHONE BIDS
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COLLECTION OF PURCHASES
If payment is made by cheque or by wire transfer, lots cannot be withdrawn until the payment has been cleared. From the moment the hammer falls, sold items will become the exclusive responsibility of the buyer. The buyer will be solely responsible for the insurance. Marc-Arthur Kohn assumes no liability for any damage to items. Buyers at Marc-Arthur Kohn are requested to confirm with Marc-Arthur Kohn before withdrawing their purchases. Kohn has several storage warehouses. An export licence can take four or six weeks to process, although this time may be significantly reduced depending upon how promptly the buyer supplies the necessary information to Marc-Arthur KOHN.
Law and jurisdiction:
These Conditions of purchase are governed by french law exclusively.
Any dispute shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Paris.

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Shipping Terms

COLLECTION OF PURCHASES
If payment is made by cheque or by wire transfer, lots cannot be withdrawn until the payment has been cleared. From the moment the hammer falls, sold items will become the exclusive responsibility of the buyer. The buyer will be solely responsible for the insurance. Marc-Arthur Kohn assumes no liability for any damage to items. Buyers at Marc-Arthur Kohn are requested to confirm with Marc-Arthur Kohn before withdrawing their purchases. Kohn has several storage warehouses. An export licence can take four or six weeks to process, although this time may be significantly reduced depending upon how promptly the buyer supplies the necessary information to Marc-Arthur KOHN.
Law and jurisdiction:
These Conditions of purchase are governed by french law exclusively.
Any dispute shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Paris.