Share 'Black Men of Gallé, Who Are You ?'

The title of the vase is "les Hommes Noirs" (black men). Gallé had a symbolist mind, and we should not seek human forms on this vase. As against, the color is very dark, with floral items going up in glowing colors. The subject is neither Africans nor the coal miners, so-called "black faces". The glass is bearing an inscription from a poem by Béranger: "Hommes Noirs, d'où sortez-vous ? Nous sort…