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LaLique

Victorie (Victory)

circa 1928, from the Henry
Ford Museum Collection, Dearborn,
Michigan

Vict orie was one of Rene' Lalique's t op selling mascot s as well as one of t he most recognizable. It
epit omizes Art Deco st yle and honored t he 10t h anniversary of t he end of World War I. Int ended for
an aut omobile, Vict orie could also st and as a sculpt ure. Lalique commissioned pedest als from Breves
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Gallery in London for t his purpose. Int roduced on a Minerva aut omobile at t he 1928 Paris Mot or
Salon, t he piece is a t ribut e t o speed and aerodynaism, wit h her face int o t he wind and her hair almost
winglike.