Gabriel Argy-Rousseau "Poissons Dans Les Vagues" Pâte de Verre Glass Vase
This pâte de verre glass vase, Poissons dans les vagues ("Fish in the Waves") by Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, lives up to its evocative title. Stylized blue-green fish glide serenely through sculpted, curling waves rendered in ombré tones that shift from the palest blue to deep violet. Though the dramatic waves dominate the composition, it's the expressive fish—emerging playfully from behind their crests—that capture the viewer's attention. The design evokes a school of John Dories, a species often found off the coast of Brittany. Their elongated dorsal fins echo the sinuous curves of the wave scrolls, reinforcing the vase’s rhythmic harmony between form and subject.
Item #: YG-21720
Artist: Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
Country: France
Circa: 1925
Dimensions: 6" height, 3.25" diameter.
Materials: Pâte de verre glass
Signed: “G. Argy-Rousseau”
Literature: Similar vase featured in G. Argy-Rousseau, by Bloch-Dermant, London 1991, cat. rais. 25.15. p. 205; Similar vase also seen in Art Deco, by Victor Arwas, New York, 1980, p. 266
Item #: YG-21720
Artist: Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
Country: France
Circa: 1925
Dimensions: 6" height, 3.25" diameter.
Materials: Pâte de verre glass
Signed: “G. Argy-Rousseau”
Literature: Similar vase featured in G. Argy-Rousseau, by Bloch-Dermant, London 1991, cat. rais. 25.15. p. 205; Similar vase also seen in Art Deco, by Victor Arwas, New York, 1980, p. 266
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau was a master of combining the stark geometry of the Art Deco aesthetic that dominated during his time and the naturalism that he was so drawn to; this vase is a perfect example of a marriage between the naturalism of the previously popular Art Nouveau period and the more current architectural lines and compositions of the 1920s.
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau was a master of combining the stark geometry of the Art Deco aesthetic that dominated during his time and the naturalism that he was so drawn to; this vase is a perfect example of a marriage between the naturalism of the previously popular Art Nouveau period and the more current architectural lines and compositions of the 1920s.
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