Guido Gambone (Italian, 1909-1969) Ceramic Lamp, Italy, c. 1955, square vasiform base, signed with the artist's name and donkey to underside, single socket, total ht. 12 in.
Note: Gambone was one of the most important and influential Italian ceramic artists of the mid-20th century. He started his career at the local Avallone pottery, continued his training at Manifattura Artistica Ceramica Salernitana before moving to the famous I.C.S. (Industria Ceramica Salernitana). He became artistic director at I.C.S. in 1935. Following, he started his own potteries, La Faenzerella in Vietri and later La Tirrena in Florence. GamboneÆs work fused painting, primitivism, tradition, and modern artistic movements and became enormously influential.
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