Brooch

Designer Jean Fouquet (French, 1899-1984)

Place of OriginFrance

Date1925

Dimensions3 1/16 x 2 7/16 x 12/32 in. (7.8 x 6.2 x 0.9 mm)

Mediumwhite and yellow gold, onyx, lacquer, rock crystal and brilliant-cut diamonds

ClassificationJewelry

Credit LineMr. and Mrs. George M. Jones, Jr. Fund

Object number

1999.4

Not on View

Label TextWith its abstract geometric design resembling a city skyline and combination of precious and semi-precious materials, this brooch is considered one of the most important examples of Art Deco jewelry. It was displayed at the Paris Exposition Internationale in 1925. The object’s size attests to Jean Fouquet’s conception of jewelry as sculpture and his belief that “the miniature is detestable.”Published ReferencesBrunhammer, Yvonne, Le Style 1925, Paris, 1975, repr. color, p. 168.

Arwas, Victor, Art Deco, New York, 1980, repr. p. 124.

Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Les Fouquet - Bijoutiers & Joaillers a Paris 1860-1960, Paris, 1983, repr. p. 134.

Brunhammer, Yvonne, The Art Deco Style, London, 1983, repr. (color), p. 111.

Raulet, Sylvie, Bijoux Art Deco, Paris, 1984, repr. p. 232.

Raulet, Sylvie, Art Deco Jewelry, New York, 1985, repr. p. 232.

Gabardi, Melissa, Art Deco Jewelry 1920-1949, New York, 1989, repr. cover and p. 48.

Bouillon, Jean-Paul, Art Deco 1903-1940, New York, 1989, repr. (color), p. 208.

Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Museum of Art Masterworks, Toledo, 2009, p. 312, repr. (col.).

Reich, Paula, Toledo Museum of Art: Map and Guide, London, Scala, 2009, p. 47, repr. (col.)

Busch, Jason T. and Catherine L. Futter, Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs, 1851-1939, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art, 2012, cat.157, pp. 221, 269, repr. (col.) p. 220.

Taragin, Davira S., and Ursula Ilse-Neuman, Linda Macneil: Jewels of Glass,Stuttgart, Germany, Arnoldsche Art publishers, 2017, p. 38, repr. (col.) fig. 6, p. 38.

Exhibition HistoryThe Netherlands, Amersfoort, Sieraad 1900-1972, 1972, no. 141, repr. p. 61.

Schmuckmuseum, Pfortzheim; Villa Stuck, Munich; Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Art Deco - Schmuck und Bucher aus Frankreich, 1975-1976, no. 11, repr. cover and entry (not paginated)

Paris, Musee des Arts Decoratives, Cinquantenaire de l'Exposition de 1925, 1976-77, no. 463, p. 71. Paris, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, 1979.

Paris, Musee Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Bijoux Art deco et avant-garde, 2009, pp. 148, 236, repr. (col.) p. 148.

Kansas City, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art; Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art, Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at World’s Fairs 1851-1939, April 7, 2012-February 24, 2013 (Kansas City Venue only).

Comparative ReferencesSee also J. Jean Fouquet, "Bijoux et Orfeverie", Art International d'Aujourd'hui, no. 16, Paris, 1931, pl. 20.