Georges Saulterre for Daum

An estimate of €30,000/38,000 is required for this two-sided artist’s proof (5/10), in Daum polychrome pâte de verre, entitled Panoptès (19 x 56 x 83 cm). The work, designed by Georges Saulterre (1943-2024), will be offered by Hôtel des Ventes Boischaut in Paris. Born in Conegliano, a commune in the Veneto region of northeastern…

An estimate of €30,000/38,000 is required for this two-sided artist’s proof (5/10), in Daum polychrome pâte de verre, entitled Panoptès (19 x 56 x 83 cm). The work, designed by Georges Saulterre (1943-2024), will be offered by Hôtel des Ventes Boischaut in Paris. Born in Conegliano, a commune in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy, Saulterre was renowned for his monumental works. Trained at the École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués in Paris, the sculptor worked in glass, crystal, iron, plaster, terracotta and ceramics. He made a name for himself in 1978 with his first work for freeways, an 8.5-metre-high grey heron installed on the A10 at Dambron, Eure-et-Loir. A few years later, he repeated the feat with Les Flèches de la Cathédrale, a 21-metre structure installed on the same route in 1989, in homage to Chartres Cathedral. For Panoptès, Saulterre drew inspiration from the figure of the peacock, a recurring theme in Art Nouveau, and the giant of Greek mythology with a hundred eyes. This is an exclusive collaboration with the crystal maker, a declination of Argos, initiated in 2015.