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Lucie Rie Beaker vase circa 1954 Porcelain, inlaid "chord and disc" design beneath pale yellow glaze. 4 7/8 x 4 x 3 7/8 in. (12.5 x 10.3 x 9.7 cm) Impressed with artist’s seal.
Provenance Stephen Andrews Collection, London Exhibited "Lucie Rie: A retrospective exhibition of earthenware, stoneware and porcelain 1926-1967," exh. cat., Arts Council, London, 1967, item no. 106 Literature Lucie Rie A retrospective exhibition of earthenware, stoneware and porcelain 1926-1967, exh. cat., Arts Council, London, 1967, illustrated fig. VIII John Houston ed., Lucie Rie a survey of her life and work, exh. cat., Crafts Council and The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1981, p.71, fig. 85 for a similar example Artist Bio Lucie Rie Austrian • 1902 - 1995 Dame Lucie Rie studied under Michael Powolny at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna before immigrating to London in 1938. In London she started out making buttons for the fashion industry before producing austere, sparsely decorated tableware that caught the attention of modernist interior decorators. Eventually she hit her stride with the pitch-perfect footed bowls and flared vases for which she is best-known today. She worked in porcelain and stoneware, applying glaze directly to the unfired body and firing only once. She limited decoration to incised lines, subtle spirals and golden manganese lips, allowing the beauty of her thin-walled vessels to shine through. In contrast with the rustic pots of English ceramicist Bernard Leach who is considered an heir to the Arts and Crafts movement, collectors and scholars revere Rie for creating pottery that was in dialogue with the design and architecture of European Modernism. View More Works