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Item no.:464865

Lucie Rie (b. 1902, d. 1995), Austrian-born British ceramist. Large modernist unique vase in glazed stoneware. Beautiful glaze in sand shades. Own workshop, approx. 1970.

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Lucie Rie (b. 1902, d. 1995), Austrian-born British ceramist. Large modernist unique vase in glazed stoneware. Beautiful glaze in sand shades. Own workshop, approx. 1970.
Measures: 21 x 16.5 cm.
In excellent condition.
Signed: LR in monogram.
Lucy 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. 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.
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