Arty Avignon

One of the museums I visited while in Avignon was the Angladon, a collection amassed by turn-of-the-last-century couturier Jacques Doucet. The guy mentored Paul Poiret and created fashions for the likes of Sarah Bernhardt and Liane de Pougy. His tastes in art ranged across a spectrum, but he liked Art Déco right much.

Here are some of the pieces I liked.

Black mask and crocodile mask, 19^th Century Guinea:

Portrait of a woman, possibly Mary Stuart, 16^th Century French School:

(What entranced me was the headpiece that seems to grasp her at the ears and center of the forehead. How does that even work?)

Bookcase, with books double-shelved:

Filing cabinet:

Bronze owl, André Derain, c1925:

Portrait of his wife, Tsuguharu Léonard Foujita, 1917:

Brush rest, China, from the time of Emperor Kângxi, 1661-1722:

“Rat Scarecrow”, China, 19^th Century:

Snow in Louveciennes, Albert Sisley, 1874:

Half-open Door, Édouard Vuillard, 1891

This is just a reflection on the case holding the Vuillard and Sisley paintings: