Vase with face

Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat|Alphonse Voisin-Delacroix

1892–93 · Stoneware · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Emerging from the globular body of this vase is the face of a sleeping woman. Dalpayrat collaborated with the sculptor Voisin-Delacroix on a number of pieces, mainly small models. This large-scale vase is one of their most ambitious works. Voisin-Delacroix was associated with the Symbolist movement, and this piece–with the hidden sleeping face–relates to Symbolist themes associated with dreaming. Dalpayrat's streaky glaze in white, blue, yellow, and copper-red adds to the dreamlike effect.

Artist

Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat|Alphonse Voisin-Delacroix

Date

1892–93

Medium

Stoneware

Culture

French, Bourg-la-Reine

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection, Purchase, Acquisitions Fund; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and 2011 Benefit Fund, 2013