ART NOUVEAU RELIEF ENTITLED

"VERS L'ENTENTE" BY BELGIAN ARTIST

ISIDORE DE RUDDER 1855-1947.
(SIGNED IN THE PLATE ON THE LEFT)

IT MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 25CM X 29CM.

I PRESUME THE PIECE WAS MADE IN REFERENCE TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

THE IMAGE SHOWS A NUDE WOMAN PERHAPS REPRESENTING JUSTICE POINTING TOWARDS THE SLOGAN "VERS L'ENTENTE". TOWARDS AGREEMENT/ AN UNDERSTANDING.

AS WELL AS BEING A SCULPTOR HE MADE BIG CERAMIC PIECES FOR BOCH NOW EXHIBITED IN THE PETIT PALAIS IN PARIS.

EXAMPLES OF HIS WORK ARE ALSO HELD BY THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM.

I THINK THE MATERIAL IS PLASTER WITH A POLISHED FINISH BUT PERHAPS IT WAS MADE BY A CERAMIC WORKSHOP.

ON THE BACK CAN BE READ LES EDOUARD.
THIS I PRESUME IS THE MAKERS NAME.

THERE ARE A FEW LITTLE NICKS TO THE FRONT BUT THEY DO NOT SPOIL THE PLAQUE AT ALL AND ARE NOT SEEN FROM A NORMAL DISTANCE.

THE SAME PIECE IN BRONZE AND COPPER HAVE BEEN SOLD AT CHRISTIES AND DROUOT.