ANDRÉ DERAIN (1880-1955) PAINTER & ANDRÉ METTHEY (1871-1920) - Lot 23

ANDRÉ DERAIN (1880-1955) PAINTER & ANDRÉ METTHEY (1871-1920) CERAMIST & AMBROISE VOLLARD (1866-1939) PUBLISHER Eve, the apple and the snake, single piece, circa 1906-1907 Large baluster vase with wide annular neck. Proof in stanniferous earthenware, with polychrome enamel decoration on a white background. Restorations. The painter's signature in brush enamel entirely scraped off (not legible), the initial M in a circle (for METTHEY) also in brush enamel partially scraped off (partly legible), under the base. Height: 53 cm Ceramic works by André Derain, produced between 1906 and 1907 in André Metthey's studio, with similarities to the decoration and treatment of our vase: - Baigneuses dans un paysage, vase, circa 1906, h. 54. Sale Collection of Mrs Sydney F. Brody, Christie's, New York, May 4, 2010 (lot n° 25). - Four women, plate, circa 1906-1907, d. 23.8 cm. Impressionist and Modern Art sale, Christie's, London, June 21, 2006 (lot no. 301). - Three female figures under lattice arches, plate, circa 1907-1908, d. unknown. Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen (inv. KMSr134). - Reclining nude woman, circa 1907, plate, d. 25. Musée de Grenoble (inv. MG 2913-3). - Three nude women, circa 1907, plate, d. 26 cm. Musée de Grenoble (inv. MG 2913-4). - Nude back in front of a tree, plate, d. unknown. Kestner Museum, Hanover. - Female figures, vase, 1906-1907, h. 54 cm, Larock-Granoff Collection. - Dancers, vase, 1906-1907, h. 19 cm, Larock-Granoff Collection. - Three bathers, dish, 1906-1907, d. 31 cm, Larock-Granoff Collection. - Three nudes, dish, 1907, d. 26 cm, Private Collection. - Trois nus assis, vase, circa 1906, h. 54 cm, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (inv. AMOA 128). Graphic works by André Derain painted between 1905 and 1906, with similarities to the decoration and treatment of our vase: - La Danse, 1906, oil on canvas, 175 x 225 cm. Neuheiten AKG Collection. - Trois femmes nues dans un paysage, graphite and colored pencil on paper, 19.3 x 19.7 cm. Art Institute of Chicago (inv. 1924.442). - Environs de Collioure, 1905, oil on canvas, 38.1 x 46 cm. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. - Three Bathers, circa 1906, gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper, 50.5 x 65.5 cm. Private collection. - Baigneuses, 1906, gouache, watercolor and blue pencil on paper, 35.8 x 48 cm. Private collection. - Baigneuses, circa 1905, pencil and watercolor on wove paper, 50.5 x 65 cm. Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (inv. AMD 331). - Danse bacchique, circa 1906, pencil and watercolor on paper, 49.5 x 64.8 cm. MoMA, New York (61.1935). - Motif décoratif, circa 1904-1906, Indian ink and watercolor on paper, 30 x 39 cm. Center Pompidou (inv. AM 3671 D - 100). - Motif décoratif, circa 1904-1906, Indian ink on paper, 29.7 x 19.4 cm. Center Pompidou (inv. AM 3671 D - 138˃103). - Bridge between the trees, circa 1904-1906, charcoal on paper, 30 x 39 cm. Center Pompidou (inv. AM 3671 D - 151). - Motif décoratif, panneau décoratif, circa 1904-1906, Indian ink on paper, 30 x 39 cm. Center Pompidou (inv. AM 3671 D - 103). - Paradis terrestre, 1906, watercolor on paper, 40 x 65 cm. FAAM sale, Miami, December 4, 2011, lot 227. - Baigneuses, 1906, gouache and pencil on paper, 46.8 x 57 cm. Artcurial sale, Monaco, June 4, 2018, lot 1. - L'Aigle, étude pour la Danse, circa 1906, gouache, ink and watercolor, 48.1 x 63 cm. Artcurial sale, October 10, 2017 (lot no. 30). Related literature: - Collectif - La Céramique fauve - André Metthey et les peintres - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musée Matisse, Nice (May 17 to July 21, 1996) then at the Fondation Saint-Jean, Bruges (August 2 to November 17, 1996), published by Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Pairs, 1996. - Collectif - De la couleur et du feu; céramiques d'artistes de 1885 à nos jours - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musée de la Faïence, Château Pasté, Marseille (June 23 - September 3, 2000), published by Musées de Marseille and Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Marseille, Paris, 2000. - Collective - La Céramique fauve dans l'atelier d'André Metthey - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musée de l'Annonciade, Saint-Tropez (April 7 - June 24, 2002), museum edition, Saint-Tropez, 2002. - Collectif sous la direction d'Olivier le Bihan - Céramique d'artiste; Derain, Dufy, Matisse, Miró, Picasso ... - Catalogue of the exhibition organized at the Musée d'Art moderne de Troyes (from July 10 to December 2, 2012), published by Silvana Editoriale, Milan, 2012. - Adélaïde Lacotte- André Metthey: la quête du feu et de la couleur - Catalogue of the exhibition organized at the MUDO-Musée de l'Oise, Beauvais (from March 26 to September 17, 2022), published by Lienart, Paris, 2022. La Céramique fa