{"id":949,"date":"2021-01-21T17:40:58","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T16:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anthony-guerree.com\/?p=949"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:46:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:46:21","slug":"bergotte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anthony-guerree.com\/en\/bergotte\/","title":{"rendered":"Bergotte"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\u00a9 Anthony Guerr\u00e9e<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n


\u201cAt last he came to the Vermeer which he remembered as more striking, more different from anything else he knew but in which, thanks to the critic\u2019s article, he noticed for the first time some small figures in blue, that the sand was pink, and finally, the precious substance of the tiny patch of yellow wall. His dizziness increased, he fastened his eyes like a child to a yellow butterfly he wants to seize, to the precious little section of wall.\u201d<\/p>Marcel Proust, The Prisoner<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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View of Delft<\/em>, Johannes Vermeer, 1660. The Hague, Mauritshuis Museum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Bergotte, the character<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bergotte is the writer of In Search of Lost Time,<\/em> just as Elstir is the painter and Vinteuil the musician. The Narrator loved his style as Marcel Proust loved the style of Anatole France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For the writer as well as for the painter, style is not a question of technique, but of vision. It is the revelation, impossible by direct and conscious means, of the qualitative difference there is in the way in which we look at the world, a difference which, without art, would remain for ever each man\u2019s personal secret\u2026<\/p>\nMarcel Proust, Time Regained<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The death of Bergotte took place in front of Vermeer\u2019s View of Delft<\/em> and his little patch of yellow wall. It is one of Anthony Guerr\u00e9e\u2019s favorite scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At last he came to the Vermeer which he remembered as more striking, more different from anything else he knew but in which, thanks to the critic\u2019s article, he noticed for the first time some small figures in blue, that the sand was pink, and finally, the precious substance of the tiny patch of yellow wall. His dizziness increased, he fastened his eyes like a child to a yellow butterfly he wants to seize, to the precious little section of wall.<\/p>\nMarcel Proust, The Prisoner<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rattan circular bench, Maison Perret-Vibert, ca. 1880.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Excerpt from the research notebook.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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From literature to design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Towards a circular bench<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The circular bench or \u201cborne\u201d rotates around a central axis. Its peak usage was in the XIXth century during the reign of Napoleon III. These seats often adorned large reception rooms. It\u2019s a direct reference to the place where Bergotte died: a museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Anthony Guerr\u00e9e wanted to use the \u201cskyline\u201d, the silhouette of the city of Vermeer\u2019s painting with its piece of yellow wall for the design of the back seat \u201cBergotte\u201d.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That\u2019s the way I should have written, he said. My last few books are too dry, I should have added several layers of colour, make my sentence precious within itself, like this little piece of yellow wall.<\/p>\nMarcel Proust, The Prisoner<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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BERGOTTE<\/em><\/strong> – Banc circulaire – 2 parties<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Dimensions : 196 \u00d7 196 \u00d7 H 120 cm \u2013 H. d\u2019assise 45 cm
Structure en ch\u00eane massif
D\u00e9tail en laiton bross\u00e9 patin\u00e9
Sign\u00e9 et num\u00e9rot\u00e9 (\u00e9dition limit\u00e9e \u00e0 8 pi\u00e8ces)
Fabriqu\u00e9 en France<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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