Lalique France Frosted Crystal Six Figural Cherub Group

Imposing one of a kind modern style intricately fine hand-carved rock crystal swan group centrepiece in swimming motion on metal base portraying waves on ...

This elegant modernist frosted crystal leopard was realized in France by the legendary maker Lalique, circa 1980. It depicts a hunting panther, crawling low to the ground on all four...

Beautiful "Tunis" Lalique crystal centrepiece. Arabesque decorations around the rim mirror the ancient patterns of Tunisian art and its rounded flowering body resembles the shape of ...

Beautiful "Agadir" Lalique crystal centrepiece. Decorations of rhythmic gouges around the bowl resting on a square foot. Dimensions in cm ( H x D ) : 7.5 x 30 Very good condition. ...

Glamorous signed "crystal Lalique" 3-piece Art Deco crystal centerpiece/console set featuring a pair of two-light candlesticks with a frosted feathered pattern on arching scrolls wit...

A Late 20th Century Crystal Chrysalide Vase By Lalique Lalique – Model #12546 Beautiful female nude figures within intricately etched designs. Details: Height – 11.5 inches / 29cm...

A French 1970s Gold and bronze clam shell center peice sculpture with three large quartz and amethyst crystal clusters. Signed Biography: Claude Boeltz was born in Paris in 1937. The fourth generation in a line of artists, from his early childhood Boeltz was interested in disciplines as far ranging as sculpture, painting, ceramics, architecture, and blacksmithing. From the very start he was fascinated by what would become life long inspirations—anatomy and geology. His first apprenticeship was with the sculptor Henri Molins, which was followed by apprenticeships at the prominent Susse and Houdot foundries. His last was with Soudoun, under whose tutelage he was honored with the national “Best Worker in France” award. During these apprenticeships Boeltz took night classes at the Boule School, the Gambetta School, and at the Academy of Art in Paris. He would eventually take degrees from all three. On Sundays he went to museums, particularly the Louvre, where he sought out work in the Louis XIII - Louis XVI styles. He also spent long hours in study of the many artists he admired, such as Bersus, Meunier, Giacometti, Ponpon, Chipparus, Dali, Dajou, and Ruhlman. After these apprenticeships he tried to establish himself in the Riviera, where he befriended, and briefly collaborated with Picasso. Boeltz’s time in this vibrant community was, however, cut short—in the early 1960s he was called into the French military. While on tour in the Sahara he carved miniatures, and would carry them in his baggage from base to base. One that survived—a replica of the Arc d’triumph—was later offered to President Eisenhower on behalf of the French Army. Upon leaving the service Boeltz established a foundry in the Loire, and by the late 1960s his work, now enormously popular, was shown all over Europe. In the early 1970s he met the sculptor Cesar. The famous sculptor’s “compression” pieces inspired Boeltz to create the work for which he would soon become best known. Boeltz’s “exploded” bronze works were pieces plated with 24 karat gold made to look like liquid gold crystalized an instant after explosion. Boeltz augmented this unique medium with vibrant details, often with African emeralds, but with other stones or unusual materials as well. In his famous Cleopatra, dedicated to Elizabeth Taylor and installed in Georve V hotel in Paris, the artist employed metacrylite as a base and for its veil. The immediate success of these “exploded” works allowed Boeltz to build two foundries devoted largely to their creation, one in the Faubourg St. Honore’ in Paris, and the other in Fontenay Sous Bois. “Exploded” works from the foundries were presented and sold at Fred’s Jewelers...

An exceptionally fine quality highly detailed carved Alabaster portrait figure sculpture bust of an elegant lady wearing a bonnet. Last quarter of the Nineteenth century, possibly of...

Lalique Crystal "Sylvie" vase. Proof in white molded pressed satin matt and shiny crystal. Signed, label of the house Lalique. High. 21 cm Bibliography: commercial catalog of the...

Black glass vase in the "biches" pattern decorated with an all-over motif of deers in the woods. Etched signature on bottom with a "Lalique France" imprint. Made in France.