The text reads "Great Tileworks of Ivry, founded in 1854, Ivry-Port near
Paris; the largest ceramics factory in the world for building, industry and art
productions; Emille Muller stoneware; execution of works by masters of statuary;
architectural facings; decorative sculpture; showroom and salesroom, 3 rue Halevy;
the only tile able to bear the names Muller and Ivry; (tiles) guaranteed against
frost" Given the commission for an extremely text heavy poster, the artist
executes a masterful design. The angelic young boy holds the wares of this famous
ceramics factory, against an abstract background awash in organic green hues.
The handling of the immense text that flows from top to bottom in every available
space shows great artistic skill, as the overall beauty of the design is intact.
In 1989 the Metropolitan Museum of art acquired a stoneware plaque by
Charpentier with precisely this design. Charpentier himself was a sculptor and
medallist. |
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