Roger VIEILLARD (1907-1989) & MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SÈVRES Galet musical, 1976 Sculptural work. Proof in Sèvres blue enameled porcelain; the motifs in gold. The base in gilded bronze. Signed Roger VIEILLARD 1976 on the porcelain base and bears the manufactory's stamp on the gilded bronze base. H. 28 cm Exhibitions : - Sèvres - Marseille, Palais des Congrès, March 29 - April 9, 1974. An identical model, or our work, exhibited at this event. - Sèvres: tradition and new forms - Helsinki, Amos Anderson Art Museum, November 22, 1974 - January 5, 1975. An identical model, or our work, exhibited at this event. - Exhibition of French ceramics - Seoul, National Museum of Modern Art, August 10 - September 19, 1976. An identical model, or our work, exhibited at this event. - Vieillard à Bordeaux - Musée des Arts décoratifs de Bordeaux, October 24 - December 15, 1986. An identical model, or our work, exhibited at this event. - Hommage à un donateur : le graveur Roger Vieillard (1907-1989), membre de l'Institut - Beauvais, Musée départemental de l'Oise, from April 2 to September 4, 1990. An identical model, or our work, exhibited at this event. Bibliography : - Anne Guérin, with the collaboration of Virginie Rault - Roger Vieillard - Catalogue raisonné, œuvre gravé 1934-1989 - Éditions Anne Guérin / Somogy Éditions d'Art / Musée de Gravelines, Paris / Gravelines, 2003. The model cited among the artist's ceramics published by the Manufacture de Sèvres, pages 689 and 903; the engravings of the decoration referenced under numbers 535 and 536, and reproduced on page 689. - Collectif - Porcelaine de Sèvres au XXe siècle - Catalogue de l'exposition organisée au Musée national e la Céramique, Sèvres, du 7 avril au 31 août 1987, éditions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris 1987. An identical work is reproduced on page 105 (ill. 256).