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Claude Victor Boeltz

Table lamp with photo holder. Claude Victor Boeltz. France 1970

Documentation

Documented elsewhere (similar item)

Origin

France

Period

1950-1979

Materials

Bronze, rock crystal, gold

Dimensions

W.	14.17 in;	H.	15.75 in;	D.	4.72 in;
W.	36 cm;	H.	40 cm;	D.	12 cm;

Condition

Good.

Creation Date

Circa 1970

Description

Beautiful lamp with photo holder in exploded bronze, gilded in 24 K fine gold, supporting numerous rock crystals.

Claude-Victor Boeltz, born in 1937 in Paris
Complete artist (sculpture, painting, foundry, pottery, ironwork), "Meilleur ouvrier de France", after many experiences and learning sculpture from Henri Mollens, he finally focused on working with bronze and semi-precious stones . In the 1960s, he created a foundry in the Loire valley and received the prize for the youngest craftsman in France.
His works are therefore exhibited throughout Europe.
He met the sculptor Cesar in 1970, his work inspires him this creation called “exploded bronze” (explosion of molten bronze).
He collaborated with great jewelers including Cartier, and sold his creations in an art gallery located in the Faubourg St Honoré in Paris. He left for the United States in the 1980s and worked for famous palaces in Dallas.

Styles / Movements

Hollywood Regency, Mid Century, Modern

Incollect Reference Number

407104