id: 149386 accession number: 1978.43 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1978.43 updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:42.649000 Hand Mirror, c. 1900. Designed by Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833–1914), relief by Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917), enamel by Alexander Riquet (French), goldsmith work by Alexis Falize (French, 1811–1898). Gold, enamel, and ivory; overall: 32.2 x 16.1 x 1.2 cm (12 11/16 x 6 5/16 x 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King, by exchange 1978.43 title: Hand Mirror title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1900 creation date earliest: 1895 creation date latest: 1905 current location: 001A ArtLens Exhibition creditline: Gift of Ralph King, by exchange copyright: --- culture: France technique: gold, enamel, and ivory department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Miscellaneous find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833–1914) - designer * Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917) - sculptor * Alexander Riquet (French) - enamelist * Alexis Falize (French, 1811–1898) - goldsmith --- measurements: Overall: 32.2 x 16.1 x 1.2 cm (12 11/16 x 6 5/16 x 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: cipher engraved on inside top of handle: "VITTA" (in monogram form) translation: remark: inscription: Cast at bottom of relief: A Rod - - translation: remark: inscription: on the plique-a-jour enamel, the date and mark of Bracquemond and "AR," the monogram for Alexandre Riquet translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1978 opening date: 1979-02-13T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1978. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 13-March 18, 1979). title: Art Nouveau in France opening date: 1979-03-01T05:00:00 Art Nouveau in France. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 1-September 1, 1979). title: Mirrors: Art and Symbol opening date: 1984-07-03T04:00:00 Mirrors: Art and Symbol. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 3-November 18, 1984). title: Art Nouveau in France opening date: 1988-07-12T04:00:00 Art Nouveau in France. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 12-November 27, 1988). title: Félix Bracquemond (1833-1914) et les Arts Décoratifs Du Japonisme à l'Art Nouveau opening date: 2005-04-05T00:00:00 Félix Bracquemond (1833-1914) et les Arts Décoratifs Du Japonisme à l'Art Nouveau. Musée Adrien Dubouché, Limoges, France (April 5-June 27, 2005). title: Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique opening date: 2008-10-19T04:00:00 Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 19, 2008-January 18, 2009); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (February 7-May 31, 2009). title: Jewelry by Artists, from Art Nouveau to the Avant-gardes opening date: 2010-10-26T00:00:00 Jewelry by Artists, from Art Nouveau to the Avant-gardes. Museu Nacional d' Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain (organizer) (October 26, 2010-February 28, 2011). title: Artlens Exhibition 2019 opening date: 2019-06-11T04:00:00 Artlens Exhibition 2019. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Commissioned by Baron J. Vitta, by descent to his heirs date: footnotes: citations: Heirs of Baron J. Vitta date: footnotes: citations: [Cyril Humphris, Ltd., Ferrers Gallery, London, England] date: -July 1978 footnotes: citations: Ralph King [1855-1926] Cleveland Heights, OH, given by exchange to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1978- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS id: 166861 Design for a Hand Mirror, c. 1900-1902. Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833-1914). Watercolor and black ink with graphite; sheet: 18 x 13.8 cm (7 1/16 x 5 7/16 in.); framed: 62 x 45 cm (24 7/16 x 17 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 2009.11.4 relationship: --- CITATIONS Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain (10/26/2010 - 2/28/2011): "Jewelry by Artists, from Art Nouveau to the Avant-gardes", ex. cat. no. 177, p. 178-179. page number: url: Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1978.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 66, no. 1 (January 1979): 3–48. page number: Mentioned: p. 42, no. 7; Reproduced: Back cover url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159613 Weisberg, Gabriel P. “Baron Vitta and the Bracquemond/Rodin Hand Mirror.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 66, no. 8 (November 1979): 297–310. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 297-298, figs. 1-2 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159645 Kozloff, Arielle P., and Sara Jane Pearman. “Further Reflections.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 71, no. 8 (October 1984): 276–279. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 277-279, figs. 4-5 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159879 Donley, Gregory M, "A Discerning Eye", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 39 no. 05, May 1999 page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p. 6 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1999-05/page/n5 Harrison, Stephen, Emmanuel Ducamp, Jeannine J Falino. Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2008. page number: Reproduced: P. 133; Mentioned: P. 324, no. 8 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1978.43/1978.43_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1978.43/1978.43_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1978.43/1978.43_full.tif