![Lightly stained design on off-white wove paper for a lidded, faience glazed ceramic vegetable serving dish with three perspectives. The drawing is in pencil; mostly graphite with accents of light blue. On top is a downward half-circle from the overhead view of the circular lid with a simple floral decoration in the center and large scalloped edges with curled handles. In the center of the drawing is a detail of the handle on the left, with the title text [GRAND LÉGUMIER] on the right in stylized lettering. At the bottom of the page is the side view of the tableware dish, with a rising lid, scalloped sides, and roped base with a platform underneath. A decorative purple stamp on the bottom left corner is paired with the number [4026] on the right corner. The names of the designers [SÜE ET MARE] is lightly stamped in-between, tilted and offset to the right.]( https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/309966_5ca1da65a6d0aa41_b.jpg
"Object ID #18640849")
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Object ID #18640849
This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1921 and we acquired it in 1992. Its medium is graphite, blue color pencil on wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
The Compagnie des Arts Français was the result of a partnership between architect Louis Süe and painter André Mare along with a cadre of other designers. The firm’s products ranged from furnishings to objects, like the faience vegetable dish that emerged from this design. Süe and Mare’s design reflects the creative fusion of the designers’ different backgrounds and suggests a parallel dialogue between historic, French style and a modern sensibility. The dish was exhibited at the 1925 Paris World’s Fair, called the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, from which the term "Art Deco" was coined.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn.
- Drawing, Design for a Covered Soup Tureen
- graphite, blue color pencil on wove paper, laid down.
- Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn.
- 1992-70-3
- Drawing, Designs for Silver Tureen
- graphite, pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-1146
- Textile (France)
- silk.
- Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund and through gift of various donors.
- 1990-128-1
Our curators have highlighted 4 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- "Angle" Covered Vegetable Dish
- earthenware.
- 1989-97-12-a,b
- Drawing, Design for Woodwork Decor
- graphite on cream heavy wove paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn.
- 1992-70-4
- Drawing, Design for a Covered Bowl
- pen and black ink, brown ink [?], graphite on cream tracing paper.
- Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra.
- 1995-164-75
Its dimensions are
H x W: 47 × 36.2 cm (18 1/2 × 14 1/4 in.) H x W (Mat): 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22 in.)
It has the following markings
Stamps: Companie des art francais stamp (cornucopia with flowers) in purple at lower left corner; Sue et Mare stamp in gray at bottom center; 4026 in purple in lower right corner.
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, center right: Grand Legumier
Cite this object as
Object ID #18640849; France; graphite, blue color pencil on wove paper; H x W: 47 × 36.2 cm (18 1/2 × 14 1/4 in.) H x W (Mat): 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22 in.); Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn; 1992-70-2
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s and Making Design.
