René Lalique at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

The world's largest collection of jewellery, art objects, artistic glass and drawings by René Lalique.
Calouste Gulbenkian (1869-1955), the famous Portuguese collector, was a friend of René Lalique for 50 years and a great connoisseur of the various activities of this versatile artist.
Between 1899 and 1927 Calouste Gulbenkian acquired 80 extraordinary works of art directly from the artist; these are conserved today in an exclusive space inside the Calouste Gulbenkian museum in Lisbon.
Key Sales Information - An unrepeatable collection of jewellery, art objects, artistic glass and drawings that is published for the first time in a large format catalogue and that can give the reader a complete and exhaustive idea of the entire artistic activity of Lalique.
- An elegant and high-quality book, at an interesting price, not just for collectors.
Author Maria Fernanda Passos Leite is curator at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, in charge of the Textile department since 1980. She is also responsible for the works of René Lalique in the Gulbenkian Collection since 1998. She participated in the organization of many exhibits and worked on various catalogues of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, as well as other Portuguese museums, in the areas of Jewellery and Textiles. She recently co-curated the exhibition Cartier 1899-1949. The journey of a style (2007), and collaborated in the corresponding catalogue (Skira, 2007).