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24 October 2024
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Jean Després

Lidded vessel and bowl

France, c. 1960
silver-plated metal lidded bowl: 5¼ h × 7½ dia in (13 × 19 cm) small bowl: 2½ h × 4⅜ dia in (6 × 11 cm)
estimate: $2,500–3,500
result: $6,930
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Incised signature to underside of one example ‘J. Després’.

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I love metal. You have no idea what pleasure it gives me to see the material bend under the anvil and hear it grate in the vice. I tame it, but without breaking it. The idea is to leave all its vitality and suppleness intact.

Jean Després

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