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Line Vautrin is one of those archetypally French personalities - others are Cocteau, Piaf and Christian Berard - whose talents are compounded of dreams, poetry, images from the past and a mischievous sense of fun. Since she was five years old, she has, like an alchemist turning base metals into gold, transformed humble materials into miracles of beauty and imagination. Even the war-time scarcity of metals did not stop her; they made invention all the more important. Her career took off from a shop in the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore and a Louis XV hotel in the Marais, housing her workshops, showroom and apartment, which became a veritable Aladdin's cave.
Like Schiaparelli, Vautrin pioneered designer buttons; but hers were part of a range of jewelry that is utterly unlike anyone else's: made in a variety of substances from gilt bronze to resin, and in forms inspired by ancient Greek coins, medieval folk art, animals, word-games, or, in her extraordinary abstract ensembles, the material itself. From jewelry, her love of handiwork and inventing shapes led her on to sculpture, and finally to an altogether new art-form which she calls "pellimorphoses."
But Line Vautrin is much more than the sum of her inventions: she is a part of history, and her work is sought by museums. This tribute is the first to fix the shifting colors of her life in permanent form. Vautrin herself has contributed a witty autobiographical sketch, and supervised the layout of her pieces in the color plates, while Patrick Mauries supplies a knowledgeable assessment of her work.
An incarnation of the ideal Parisienne, Line Vautrin has been fashioning whimsical, charming objects for decades. Now a new audience has the chance to enter her enchanted world.
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Line Vautrin: Sculptor, Jeweller, Magician
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Thames & Hudson, New York, NY, 1992
ISBN 10: 0500015376
ISBN 13: 9780500015377
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Line Vautrin: Sculptor, Jeweller, Magician
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Thames & Hudson Publishing, 1992
ISBN 10: 0500015376
ISBN 13: 9780500015377
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Condition: Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover with Jacket; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; All three textblock sides are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5" - 9.75" tall); 1.5 lbs; Photo of gold and silver jewelry to jacket with title in dark brown lettering; 1992, Thames & Hudson Publishing; 112 pages; "Line Vautrin: Sculptor, Jeweller, Magician," by Line Vautrin & Patrick Mauries. Seller Inventory # SKU-0906AA04009125
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Line Vautrin. Sculptor, Jeweller, Magician
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ISBN 10: 0500015376
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Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1992. First English language edition. Thames & Hudson. London. 1992. First English language edition. Hardback, square octavo; brown cloth-bound, dust jacket. 112 pages. With 76 illustrated plates, 72 in colour, showing over 200 pieces. English. 220x220mm. 0.7kg. Near fine, in near fine dust jacket; a very clean and tight copy. The scarce English-language volume on Line Vautrin's jewellery. Vautrin's inventive use of material and form has made her one of the most collected jewellers of the twentieth century. The book remains one of the key reference books on her work. Vautrin herself has contributed a witty autobiographical sketch, and supervised the layout of ther pieces in the colour plates, while Patrick Mauries supplies a knowledgeable assessment of her work. Beaux Books specialises in fine and rare books on art and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. We welcome questions about our books and we are happy to provide any extra images. Buy with confidence from an experienced bookseller. Seller Inventory # 3253
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