Scanned from a transparency, then color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Tanagra Figure

Artist Georges Despret (French, 1862-1952)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1906

MediumPâte de verre

DimensionsOverall: 11 in. (27.9 cm)
Base: 2 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 3/4 in. (5.7 x 7 x 1.9 cm)

InscribedEngraved and outlined in dark base back: "Despret" and on bottom: "1110".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6474

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-8, Case 47

DescriptionPate de verre/tanagra figure sculpture of a woman in Grecian style draped clothing standing on a rectangular base. Shading from opaque white at her head to lavender around the middle to green at the base.

Label TextMASK OF A WOMEN WITH GRAPES Georges Despret, Jeumont France Ca. 1906 Pate de verre. Mark: incised on back of base Despret Incised and gilded on bottom 1110 Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6474Exhibition History"Particle Theories: International Pate de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations," Museum of American Glass, Wheaton Village, Millville, N.J., April 1 - December 31, 2005. Published ReferencesSusanne K. Frantz, with introductory essay by Jean-Luc Olivié, _Particle Theories: International Pâte de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations_, exh. cat., Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village, Millville, N.J., 2005, 16, fig. 9.