FRENCH SCULPTURE CENSUS / RÉPERTOIRE DE SCULPTURE FRANÇAISE
1930;1949, July silver with green onyx base;terracotta head;head
1 1 3 1 8 ?16 x 6 ?8 in.;23 ?4 x 12 ?4 x 16 in. on the left side: LOUIS FERON 1933;signed on proper left side: Louis Féron 7-49
Acc. No.: 1976.44;2017.44.34 Credit Line: Gift of Leslie and Louis Féron ;Gift of the Estate of Leslie Snow Féron
Photo credit: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston;ph Laure de Margerie, 18 février 2018 © Artist :
Provenance
1976, January 14, gift of Louis Féron (the artist) and Leslie Snow Féron, Snowville, Eaton, NH;2017, Gift of the Estate of dancer Leslie Snow Féron (1927?-2017), widow of Louis Féron ; 1976, January 14, gift of Louis Féron (the artist) and Leslie Snow Féron, Snowville, Eaton, NH;2017, Gift of the Estate of dancer Leslie Snow Féron (1927?-2017), widow of Louis Féron
Bibliography
Museum's website, 27 February 2012 and 20 March 2012 ; Museum's website, 27 February 2012 and 20 March 2012
Exhibitions
1977 Manchester Louis Féron: Goldsmith, Jeweler, Sculptor, Manchester, NH, The Currier Gallery of Art, January 30-March 13, 1977, essay by Richard de Rochemont, no. 16 ;2018 Saratoga Springs Rose Ocean: Living with Duchamp, Saratoga Springs, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Curated by Dayton Director Ian Berry, February 17- May 20, 2018, no. 18 ; 1977 Manchester Louis Féron: Goldsmith, Jeweler, Sculptor, Manchester, NH, The Currier Gallery of Art, January 30-March 13, 1977, essay by Richard de Rochemont, no. 16 ;2018 Saratoga Springs Rose Ocean: Living with Duchamp, Saratoga Springs, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Curated by Dayton Director Ian Berry, February 17- May 20, 2018, no. 18
Related works
Chased bronze wine cup, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts. ; Chased bronze wine cup, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts.
Comment
1977 Manchester exhibition catalogue: Silver. Hammered, raised seamless from a single sheet of silver and worked in "repoussé". Onyx base. This piece was awarded the Lépine gold medal in Paris, 1931. It also won the artist the privilege of entering the national competition organized every five years by the French government for trades with guild traditions. in 1933, together with a bronze goblet [also in MFA, Boston], it secured for Féron the title of "premier ciseleur-orfèvre de France". Museum's file, Department Art of Europe, 1976: The head is hollow and has been raised entirely by hand over anvils from a single sheet of silver, then chased using the technique called 'repousse'. The creation of such a piece requires extraordinary skill. The piece conferred the right on the artist to enter a national competition organized by the French government every five years, open to those trades maintaining guild traditions, which determined the awarding of the coveted master status upon artisans. In 1932, Feron was awarded this title of 'Premier Orfevre de France' as a result of the skills apparent in The Portrait of Jean as well as the bronze wine cup also given by Féron to the Museum. Jean was Louis Féron's nephew. ;