About the Artwork
Clock
1763 - 1788
Adrien-Jérôme Jollain
active 1763 - d. 1788
French
Unknown
Wood, glass, enamel and ormolu
Overall: 30 11/16 × 12 5/16 × 6 1/8 inches (78 × 31.2 × 15.5 cm)
Timepieces
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Anne and Henry Ford II
59.125
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Marked, on plinth base, stamped: J. Jollain
Provenance
(Jacques Helft, New York, New York, USA). Baron Cassel van Doorn (Englewood, New Jersey, USA). December 9-10, 1955, sale at (Parke Bernet, New York, New York, USA), no. 358. Anne and Henry Ford II (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1959-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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French Taste in the 18th Century. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, April 27- January 3, 1956/57, no. 38.
Uhr, H. German Drawings and Watercolors. New York: Hudson Hills, 1987, cat. no. 127, pp. 230-231, (ill.).
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Adrien-Jérôme Jollain, Clock, 1763 - 1788, wood, glass, enamel and ormolu. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Anne and Henry Ford II, 59.125.
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