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Thf following l,wely bit of Tf pcn·ting rel: "',!tl }' d•~e1C: 1l r.,•n· S,1nrb; ·e i·,i,1b:
"A BURNE-JONES DISCOVERY. Two Burne•fonc.:J stainr.
Constitution, flew out to pad: ~h,’!tn fc-r .-i11t, 1p’:.ng L, L•.J:1d01,. H,,·;0v
(Div~ne Madman). His plan is to use the money -ra:!!:td £’L a.J:..Lon to::;,,,, 1.-,~gl l!l
plants and hallucinatory (!!) flora to tu-rn a 10O-mile lon,; ‘•all.f..V t10llr P, Hf’l 1
into a healing centre. A film i!l to be made> ab0ut. th<' d.i.scnv'!r" '.'lf th, \' 1 nd!'>W:J
and the ensuing vegetable activity(!). The wJcnot.ro; ,11:e ::- irl Lo have: 1 nen
comnissioned by Lord Elgin, an 11 x 5 ft. and depi.;: t Salom:. an-i He-rctl /1ntf p;, ,;
(not to be confused with Salami. and Antipas ta ~:hich is not A ‘t’geti~r:.au cli:1h/r.d.) •
To preside over the whole venture a committ’:!e ha”‘ lJP.f”n fos:r1e1
, u1 N~-,.• Yo,.t, whi.ch,
for some reason, contains Nt’rroan Mailer (not :,et Ne.kcd no1· Do,.:>1:l/Ed.) tl:ir ‘-Wf•r.u
and he mother of the Dalai Lama’s Sect:eta1-y. If th:· ,;01.md<: c~)nf:Jsin!i. then All
will, doubtless, become clear as soon as the
Swmni wri tPs h i.s th.:'!.? tene
Amoret110dest figure (£39 473) was paid by th~
F
York for a set of eight ‘art deco’ glass we.11 r.ene! .. ~- a,~t.io,1~d
a1· Cl•rist.i.”‘ 1
9, New
York.
Painted by Jean Dupas in 1933-34, they WP’!:f! q.,r,uni s’1 lri11eJ for the Fr~nch
liner
Noxmaudie, designed as a floating showcase wit.11 w::.’t”k~ i:iy the forc11Jo.,t: French
sculptors, decorators and a:rchitects of the
per:!c d. Ln l’Jt~l, dudng the -;hlp~
co&Werai011 to a troop can-ier in New York harbo1rr, it caught fire ar.ci founJ’?rnu.
The fittings, previously ret:1oved, were auctioned l>y the go,retnment l1t l’IL1t:n-, and
55 of the sumptuous 30ft high glass mu-r&ls arc iu the New YoJ’.k Metropoli :-;,n
Musemn of Art.
The first exclusive Lali
fidd. Galle glass could be purchAsed frC”,m tipcc-:-..al Gai.lc :shops, pat’I:’ ·ui.rcly
after Galle’s death in
1qo4 :vhc>n the factod~r, u· .ieJ out st~l dard Cf\l\H”O pk .
by the thou~ands. Thl”..;C’ wer.e Jtill considered 111xurv
~•’)Q~:i; s.nd zhcps •7<~1'.'I:!
concentrated inlarg(' cl ti.es, tondon, Berlin, b.n,t s a~, a:, for. l.nsta.n1.·, c, •· aden
(Germany).
Sat,:,room prices arc unpredictable -a la1:g1! l11ndscap, C'l'lC:O va. e Ultit 1 r
"ecently
£4 000 i~ London, anrl a blue and whitt cameo vase decor~t~d w~th sf.~gu.1 • r~;tng
over foaming waves fetched f.16 493 st Sotheby's. M!)n!i<:'> • peth&.ps bern·1sc f lts
fine sculptural quality and the less common
cler.0-rattve th 1,:e. Th;E- ~a1c (f b. 10)
was devoted to •=Arts Dccorat!fs Styles 1900 et 1′!25” a ·1 •
t • s ir ·er~~ti11 6 l
note
• 110s!. E!:XC tj n the ·pore that the French governr:ient n ou ‘~e O u O louvr• u de~; i soc~
lot!’: the e tlrf” personal h drocm
ti ere rod tir 8
t 1st of he
Louis Majorelle
t 1Q•l926). 10 one 1.)f th f •r ., . cc 1 d Ith
L anc, ‘lChool wo1:ked nainly i7. the J[ 1._ ·e ,f fu~nitu e. -jU n…. . .
h . •~hi,, gt~Rt ,c~·[ .• 1’: .as L,o lun oned
arvellously flo.;,ing wrou t t on . h
1 -er· ‘S of .e~ 1 mounts
with som~ of the gtassmakers of tli? pcti~>d, a a e I n ‘ 6
• f by
h’ e 1 :,e~ • C t ~r
in particular for Dcu!l’ \.·ho ma
for only £31 250 due to thE’
t’xpo-r ban. In ‘lew York just a !ittle P.url’….,r, .
• ‘ • f r-104 ‘ 6 ” Tr.1 .. :t;itont~’h .. Chri.tie s sold a Galle piece to 4 private collector o~. ~v •• • w
ing prke was pal.d for a 1Tery fine piPce: a c-up, applie.