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Fance FranckVase de section carrée, 1970 Porcelaine modelée, émail celadon clair craquelé, décor empreintes de coquillages, tonalité bleue. 28.5 x 6.7 x 6.7 cm Marque en creux, au cachet, aux initiales FF. FootnotesFance Franck Vase, 1970 Porcelain, celadon glaze. 28.5 x 6.7 x 6.7 cm Impressed FF. Provenance Fina Gomez, acquired from the artist, 1970 Thence by descent to the present owner Exposition / Exhibition 'Fance Franck, poteries et porcelaines', Musée des Arts décoratifs, Bordeaux, 22 November 1976-15 January 1977 'Collection Fina Gomez, 30 ans de céramique contemporaine', Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, 12 March-23 June 1991 Bibliographie / Literature Fance Franck Poteries et Porcelaines de 1968 à 1976, Musée Municipal, Cholet, 11 June-17 July 1977, cat. 34 Yvonne Brunhammer, et al., Collection Fina Gomez, 30 ans de céramique contemporaine, exh. cat., Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, 1991, cat. no. 84 Jean d'Albis Fance Franck Francine Del Pierre Foundation, Paris Born in Alabama, 1931, Fance Franck came from a milieu of university scholars. Orphaned in her early childhood, she was then raised by her aunt in Texas. Interested in literature she studied at the Rice University, Texas, and then Harvard, where she chose poetry and contemporary literature. In the early 1950s, she moved to New York and attended classes at the Greenwich Pottery School. Whilst in New York she became close friends with Jasper Johns Robert Rauschenberg and Cy Twombly Together they would often spend their weekends at her country home on the outskirts of New York. She also socialised with the composer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham After meeting Francine Del Pierre in Paris, Franck became her disciple and under her tutelage, she learned the craft of ceramics and discovered 'studio pottery'. The opportunity to fulfil her ambition to work with porcelain arose after meeting Serge Gauthier, the director of the Sèvres factory during the 1960s, which was a relationship she always maintained. Franck continued her meticulous research into glazes. Working together with the French chemical firm Elf-Atochem, her studies of copper reds had a profound effect and led to the rediscovery of a Ming dynasty process called: 'le rouge frais', which had not been used since the 15th Century. During the Ming dynasty, this colour had been extremely difficult to obtain and had been exclusively reserved for the Emperor. Supported by The Percival & David Foundation of Chinese Art, she published the formula to profit ceramicists worldwide. She also created porcelain in her atelier on Rue Bonaparte, with the assistance of staff from Sèvres. Towards the end of her career, Franck became very interested in Japan and learned the language. Assisted by a grant she worked in Japan for three years with the manufacturer in Arita, a town renowned for its porcelain. Her work would remain forever influenced by this Japanese experience, notably through her use of Tenmoku glaze. Née en Alabama en 1931, Fance Franck est issue d'un milieu de chercheurs universitaires. Orpheline dans sa petite enfance, elle est ensuite élevée par sa tante au Texas. Intéressée par la littérature, elle étudie à la Rice University, au Texas, puis à Harvard, où elle choisit la poésie et la littérature contemporaine. Au début des années 1950, elle s'installe à New York et suit des cours à la Greenwich Pottery School. Pendant son séjour à New York, elle se lie d'amitié avec Jasper Johns Robert Rauschenberg et Cy Twombly Ensemble, ils passent souvent leurs week-ends dans sa maison de campagne, dans la banlieue de New York. Elle fréquente également le compositeur John Cage et le chorégraphe Merce Cunningham Après avoir rencontré Francine Del Pierre à Paris, Franck devient sa disciple et, sous sa tutelle, elle apprend le métier de céramiste et découvre la "poterie d'atelier". L'opportunité de réaliser son ambition de travailler la porcelaine nait de sa rencontre avec Serge Gauthier, directeur d