14. 14AR LINE VAUTRIN (1913-1997) Box C'est idiot Circa 1940 Signed 'LINE VAUTRIN Gilt bronze H: 3,1 cm (1.1/4 in.); W: 4,2 cm (1.5/8 in.); D: 3 cm (1.1/8 in.) We would like to thank the Line Vautrin Endowment Fund for confirming the authenticity of this piece. Provenance Private collection Bibliography L. Vautrin and P. Mauriès, Line Vautrin. Bijoux et objets, Thames & Hudson, London, 1992, pp. 54-55, 105, 106 L. Vautrin et P. Mauriès, Rébus, Ed. Le promeneur, Paris, 1994, p. 25, 90, 91, n. 31 Secret de bijoux, Line Vautrin, exhibition catalogue, Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris, 10 March-30 May 1999, cited p. 51, n. 129 C. and C. Boutonnet, R. Ortiz, Line Vautrin, exhibition catalogue, L'Arc en Seine, Paris, 6 December 2002-31 January 2003, p. 16 Line Vautrin, Poesie in Metall, exhibition catalogue, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 16 April-29 June 2003, p. 110, 111, n. 58 Line Vautrin, 100 years of magnitude, exhibition catalogue, Maison Gérard, New York, 16 May-21 June 2013, n.p., fig. 15