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Cameo, The Farandole (Coming and Going)

Date
1909
made in
Sèvres, France, Europe
Classification
Ceramics
Current Location
Not on view
Dimensions
2 1/4 x 3 5/8 in. (5.7 x 9.2 cm)
framed: 10 1/8 x 6 1/2 x 1/2 in. (25.7 x 16.5 x 1.3 cm)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Rights
Public Domain
Object Number
439:1911
1909 - 1911
Taxile Doat, Sèvres, France; University City, MO [1]

1911 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Taxile Doat [2]

Notes:
In 1911, a group of 172 Taxile Doat porcelains were purchased by the City Art Museum. The porcelains accessioned in 1911 were made in France at Doat's private studio and assembled by him as a study collection of form and technique. Doat brought the collection to University City, Missouri, intending to sell the works to Edward G. Lewis for the Museum of the Art Academy of the American Woman's League. In 1911 when the Art Academy closed and Doat was planning to return to France, he sold the collection to the City Art Museum. See correspondence from Taxile Doat to W. K. Bixby, President of the Board of Control, City Art Museum, dated March 23, 1912 [SLAM document files].

[1] List entitled "Collection of the Artistic and Technical Ceramics of Taxile Doat acquired by the City Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri" [SLAM document files].

[2] Minutes of the Board of Control of the City Art Museum, March 29, 1912.

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