Robert PANSART (Beauvais, 1909–1973, Beauvais), attributed t - Lot 287

Robert PANSART (Beauvais, 1909–1973, Beauvais), attributed to. The Judgment of Paris. Decorative ensemble consisting of 40 panels. Eglomé glass with silver and gold oxidation, mirror, under-glass painting. Unsigned. Dimensions (approx.): 272 x 460 cm. (A few chips and missing pieces along the edges, including two larger ones, particularly at the corners; wear and missing silver plating on the backgrounds; in good overall condition) Robert Pansart, alongside Max Ingrand and Pierre Lardin, was one of the great French glass artists of the 1940s and 1950s. He collaborated with interior designers Jean Pascaud, Jules Leleu, and Marc du Plantier, as well as with master metalworkers such as Raymond Subes, Gilbert Poillerat, and René Drouet. He is known for his contribution to the engraved glass decorations on the ocean liner *France*. With this large decorative ensemble, Pansart chose to use modern techniques to depict a major theme of Greco-Roman culture—the Judgment of Paris, which sparked the Trojan War. In this work, we see Paris among his herd of goats, approaching a trio of women dressed in ancient style: the goddesses Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera. Before them, another woman, Nemesis, holds out the Apple of Discord, which will be awarded to the most beautiful among them. This scene complements “The Abduction of Helen.” Both scenes were most likely commissioned for a private mansion, as the size of the smaller of the two murals appears to have been adapted to fit the dimensions of the wall it adorned.