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‎Rococo Exotic: French Mounted Porcelains and the Allure of the East‎

‎Smentek, Kristel: Rococo Exotic: French Mounted Porcelains and the Allure of the East. Exhibition: New York, Frick Collection, 2007. 52pp 34 illustrations, mostly in colour. Wrappers. 29x21.5cms. A publication based on a pair of ormolu mounted Chinese vases that Frick acquired from Duveen. Shown mounted and dismounted it is a study of the elite taste in eighteenth century France for gilt bronze and the rococo. An imaginative interpretation of natural forms and asymmetry using corals and shells, as expressed by artists such as Boucher and Babel and promoted by the marchand-mercier Gersaint.‎

‎A publication based on a pair of ormolu mounted Chinese vases that Frick acquired from Duveen. Shown mounted and dismounted it is a study of the elite taste in eighteenth century France for gilt bronze and the rococo. An imaginative interpretation of natural forms and asymmetry using corals and shells, as expressed by artists such as Boucher and Babel and promoted by the marchand-mercier Gersaint‎

‎Mariette and the Science of the Connoisseur in Eighteenth-Century Europe.‎

‎ 2014 in-8 pleine toile, jaq. (303 pages). quelques illustrations dans le texte.‎

‎Jean Étienne Liotard (1702-1789). Masterpieces from the Musées d'Art et d'Histoire de Genève and Swiss Private Collections‎

‎Bailey, Colin B and Kristel Smentek: Jean Étienne Liotard (1702-1789). Masterpieces from the Musées d'Art et d'Histoire de Genève and Swiss Private Collections. Exhibition: New York, Frick Collection, 2006. 120pp, fully illustrated in colour. Cloth, 29x23cms. First American exhibition on the 18th century Swiss pastellist and miniaturist, who was a contemporary of Quentin de La Tour and Chardin, focussing on his society portraits, some of which were deliberately unflattering. He was greatly influenced by his travels in Turkey and was in much demand by the European courts of the day. The collection of his work from Geneva is the most comprehensive in the world and is supplemented by those from private collections in Switzerland. Introduction by Marcel Roethlisberger.‎

‎First American exhibition on the 18th century Swiss pastellist and miniaturist, who was a contemporary of Quentin de La Tour and Chardin, focussing on his society portraits, some of which were deliberately unflattering. He was greatly influenced by his travels in Turkey and was in much demand by the European courts of the day. The collection of his work from Geneva is the most comprehensive in the world and is supplemented by those from private collections in Switzerland. Introduction by Marcel Roethlisberger. Text in English‎