The Lyrical Line 
23 May 2006
The Lyrical Line 
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Emile Lenoble

vase

France, c. 1925
glazed and carved stoneware 11½ h × 8 dia in (29 × 20 cm)
estimate: $18,000–22,000
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Signed with impressed artist's cipher to underside.

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Emile Lenoble 1875–1940

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Protégé and son-in-law of renowned ceramist Ernest Chaplet, Emile Lenoble was heavily influenced by Korean and Sung Chinese pottery. He was trained in both fine arts and commercial ceramics and exhibited his work at the Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes in 1925. Sober and restrained, but never dull or uninspired, his is work is characterized by symmetrical, deeply incised cloisonné-style decoration in hues of ochre, ivory, brown, green, or turquoise. Lenoble was a friend of designer Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann and is now considered one of the great ceramists of the French Art Deco movement. He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1925, and his ceramics can be found in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Victoria & Albert Museum.

Auction Results Emile Lenoble

Emile Lenoble

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estimate: $1,800–2,400

result: $5,625

Emile Lenoble

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estimate: $3,000–4,000

result: $5,040

Emile Lenoble

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estimate: $3,000–5,000

result: $3,000

Emile Lenoble

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estimate: $1,000–1,500

result: $2,882

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