Eleven Pieces of Dame Lucie Rie (Austrian/British, 1902-1995) Ceramics

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Modern & Post-Modern Design

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Dec 14, 2021 - Dec 22, 2021

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  Eleven Pieces of Dame Lucie Rie (Austrian/British, 1902-1995) Ceramics, England, mid-20th century, stoneware, all with artist's impressed marks, three teacups and saucers in white glaze with dark rims, ht. 3, one teacup in white glaze with dark rim, ht. 2 3/4, one teacup and saucer in dark glaze with white rim, ht. 3 1/2, two dishes in white glaze with dark rims, dia. 5 1/2, two dishes in dark glaze with white rims, dia. 5 1/2, an oval vase in white glaze with dark rim, ht. 4, a conical bowl in white glaze with dark rim, ht. 5 1/2 in., together with three publications, John Houston (ed.) Lucie Rie, London: Crafts Council, 1981, Cyril Frankel, Modern Pots, London: Thames and Hudson, 2000, Fisher Fine Arts "Lucie Rie Hans Coper" [1985], post cards in paper wrappers.
  
  Note: Lucie Rie was an Austrian-born British ceramics artist. Rie's works, usually consisting of hand-thrown pots, bottles, and bowl forms, are noteworthy for their Modernist forms and her use of bright colors. Born on March 16, 1902 in Vienna, Austria, she studied pottery at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule, a school of arts and crafts. In 1937, she won a silver medal at the Paris International Exhibition and by the following year, Rie moved to London to flee Nazi Austria. Once settled in the British capitol, she maintained a small studio and continued to produce pottery and small clay objects, including ceramic buttons and jewelry which she sold to support herself. She was later joined by Hans Coper, a young artist who soon became a partner in her studio. She taught at the Camberwell School of Art from 1960 until 1971, and in 1991 was honored as with the title of Dame Commander (DCE). Though Rie continued her ceramic practice into her 80s, a series of strokes forced her to stop working in the final years of her life. (Artnet)
  
  Provenance: From Lucie Rie, by descent in the family.

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  Condition: Two tea cups with small rim chips, vase with hairline, bowl with crack, one white glazed dish with rim chip.
  
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