THE ART OF RENE LALIQUE by Patricia Bayer & Mark Waller, Eagle Editions, UK, 1996/2005. 

Lavishly illustrated with over 350 color and black-and-white photographs, this comprehensive text is a pictorial guide to Lalique art glass including information on signatures.  

The authors “examine the artist’s oeuvre and trace his development from goldsmith-jeweler to glassmaker.  They also identify the key phases of his work in relation to the evolution of his technique, for example the application of the cire perdue [lost wax] process—normally associated with bronze casting—to glassmaking. Lalique’s extraordinary output, including his scent bottles, vases, bowls, mascots and other statuary, is marvelously documented in more than 350 full-color photographs, many of them previously unpublished."  Here is an essential reference work for collectors of French Lalique and admirers of art glass in general.  It is also a sumptuously illustrated book to grace the coffee table and provide hours of aesthetic enjoyment for study and browsing.

Oversize 9.7“ x 12.8“ softback in very good condition.  192 pages.

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