Lucie Rie Teapot c. 1970 Stoneware, white and manganese glazes, bamboo and brass handle. 18 cm. (7 in.) high Impressed with artist’s seal.
Provenance Acquired directly from the artist; Private Collection, London, UK Exhibited "Lucie Rie", Crafts Council - Victoria and Albert Museum, 1981 Literature Lucie Rie exh. cat., Crafts Council – Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1981, illustrated item 219; Tony Birks, Lucie Rie London, 1991, illustrated p. 136 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
Lucie Rie Teapot c. 1970 Stoneware, white and manganese glazes, bamboo and brass handle. 18 cm. (7 in.) high Impressed with artist’s seal.
Provenance Acquired directly from the artist; Private Collection, London, UK Exhibited "Lucie Rie", Crafts Council - Victoria and Albert Museum, 1981 Literature Lucie Rie exh. cat., Crafts Council – Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1981, illustrated item 219; Tony Birks, Lucie Rie London, 1991, illustrated p. 136 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
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