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Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco/Art Deco Paris
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an exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum on the celebrated
Art Deco furniture designer, Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, taking
plate June 8 – September 5, 2004.
Two related and concurrent
exhibitions will explore the highest achievements of French
Art Deco, the style that epitomizes the glamour and sophistication
of 1920s Paris, on view at the The Metropolitan Museum of
Art from June 8 to September 5, 2004.
Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco
is the first major retrospective devoted to all aspects
of the career of the preeminent exponent of high-style French
Art Deco, Emile-Jacques
Ruhlmann (1879–1933). The exhibition of some 225
works will be drawn from the collections of the Metropolitan,
one of the premier repositories of the designer's work,
augmented by loans from private and public collections in
North America and Europe.
A complementary exhibition,
Art Deco Paris, will provide a broader context for Ruhlmann's
achievement with a display of approximately 50 works by
other leading Parisian designers of the 1920s – all
drawn exclusively from the Metropolitan's holdings of Art
Deco furniture and decorative objects, which are among the
finest in the world. The Metropolitan was a pioneer in recognizing
the importance of French Art Deco, and began to assemble
its unsurpassed collection of objects in this style in the
early 1920s.
Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco
will feature more than 100 key pieces representing the full
range of the designer's achievement, which included not
only the design of exquisite furniture, but of all the related
elements needed for his interiors – from the interior
architecture itself to the lighting, ceramics, carpets,
and textiles. Combining aesthetic refinement, luxurious
materials, and impeccable craftsmanship, his works represent
the pinnacle of French Art Deco and rank with the finest
decorative arts of any era. Also on view will be 125 original
drawings for his designs – most of which come from
the Ruhlmann Archive in France and are being exhibited for
the first time – as well as vintage photographs of
his furniture and interiors.
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