HECTOR GUIMARD (1867-1942)

HECTOR GUIMARD (1867-1942)
Crest and stock prototype, circa 1900
From a metro ornamentation plate, the brown patina cast-iron escutcheon, decorated with stylized plant elements and an "M", the bronze stock.
Escutcheon: H. 75 cm, L. 63.5 cm
H. 29 1/2 in., W. 25 in.
Stock: H. 104.5 cm, L. 26 cm
H. 41 1/8 in., W. 10 1/4 in.
(Wear, traces of rust)
A cast iron escutcheon and a bronze stock prototype, c.1900, from a metro ornament plate.

BIBLIOGRAPHY :
Collectif, "Guimard", cat. exp. Musée d'Orsay, April 13-July 26, 1992, Edition Réunion des
Musées Nationaux, Paris, 1992, model to be compared with those reproduced on p. 240.