Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat and Alphonse Voisin-Delacroix - Design New York Tuesday, December 17, 2019 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Alain Cical, Paris
    Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1985

  • Literature

    Arielle and Robert Guillaume, Alphonse Voisin-Delacroix: Ou quand un sculpteur rencontre un céramiste, 1892-1893, Besançon, 1993, p. 75
    Horst Makus, et al., Adrien Dalpayrat 1844-1910, Stuttgart, 1998, p. 139

  • Catalogue Essay

    Adrien Pierre Dalpayrat and Alphonse Voisin-Delacroix signed a working contract in 1892, shortly after which the pair likely produced the present lot. Voisin-Delacroix created the form while Dalpayrat perfected the glaze. The exact date of production is uncertain as Voisin-Delacroix died in 1893 but his forms may have been posthumously recreated. During their brief collaboration, the pair created a range of works that featured motifs verging on the macabre, such as body parts and small animals. The gourd-form inkwell with the present lot is an example of this type of work which combines a whimsical form with a mesmerizing glaze. Dalpayrat’s glazes typically combined multiple colors, most famously his sang de bœuf glaze—sometimes called “Dalpayrat red”—which he used in his inkwell with silver mount (lot 127).

Important Works from the Ann and Robert Fromer Collection

129

Gourd-form inkwell with toads

1893-1906
Glazed stoneware.
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm) high
Underside signed Dalpayrat.

Estimate
$6,000 - 8,000 

Sold for $13,750

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New York Auction 17 December 2019