May 12
The Index
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- Gérard Deschamps - Jeux d'Eau
1- Char à voiles Oiseau des Sables, JRD, France, c. 1930-1950, painted metal, cloth and painted plaster (acquired in 1990, inv. 990.246)
2- Polly, mechanical swimming doll, Italy, c. 1950-1960, mechanical toy, plastic (acquired in 1991, inv. 991.282)
3- Requin longimane, China, 1989, plastic (gift from Monica Burckhardt, inv. 989.863.A)
4- Poissons rouges, Petitcollin, France, c. 1920-1930, painted celluloid (gift from Chambre syndicale des industries du jouet, 1979, inv. 46839.C)
The Musée des Arts Décoratifs' toys collection has been growing steadily since 1905. It re-opened in 2006 and since then shares some its treasures twice a year. For this summer session revolving around Water Games, the museum invited Gérard Deschamps, a prominent figure of the New Realism movement. Opposite windows filled with classic and contemporary toys, he created about twenty Pneumostructures, compositions that oscillate between the childish, the absurd and the fantastic, built from elements associated with aquatic leisure.
Gérard Deschamps, Jeux d'Eau, June 5 through November 16, 08
Musée des Arts Décoratifs107, rue de Rivoli Paris 1er
+33 1 44 55 57 50
Exhibition page sur www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr
