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Hans Coper
German • 1920-1981
Biography
Hans Coper learned his craft in the London studio of Lucie Rie, having emigrated from Germany as a young Jewish engineering student in 1939. He initially assisted Rie in the studio with the ceramic buttons she made for the fashion industry, as well as ceramic tableware, but soon Coper was producing his own work. By 1951 he had received considerable recognition exhibiting his pots in the "Festival of Britain."
Coper favored compound shapes that, while simple in appearance, were in fact complex in construction. Similar to the making of Joseon Dynasty Moon Jars (Rie in fact displayed a Moon Jar in the studio), he would build his vessels by bringing several thrown forms together, for example joining bowls rim to rim. Coper eschewed glazes and preferred the textured surfaces achieved through the application of white and black slips, evoking the abraded texture of excavated vessels. This interest in ancient objects was very much in step with other modernists of his time—Coper admired Constantin Brancusi and Alberto Giacometti and his textured markings have been compared to sculptors such as William Turnbull.
In the last phase of his career, Coper reduced the scale of his work creating small "Cycladic" pots that stood on pedestals or drums, recalling the clay figures of Bronze Age Greece.
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Improvisation and displacement: the ceramics of Hans Coper
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Hans Coper
Pot on cylindrical foot with vertical impression
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
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Ovoid form
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
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Large bowl
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
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Pair of candle holders
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Past Lots
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Monumental 'Writhlington School' pot
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £554,400
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103
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Rare evolved 'Spade' form
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £252,000
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‘Cycladic’ arrow form
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £277,200
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Large dish
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £30,240
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Cup
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £15,750
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'Poppy Head' pot
Estimate £6,000 - 9,000
Sold for £151,200
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Globular pot with linear design
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £94,500
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Monumental vase
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £151,200
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'Thistle' form
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £100,800
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Monumental ovoid pot
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £651,700
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'Spade' form
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £189,000
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Ovoid pot with disc top
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £163,800
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Large 'Bell' form
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £516,600
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Ovoid vessel
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £138,600
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Cup on stand
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £60,480
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98
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'Spade' form
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £220,500
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103
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Pot on cylindrical foot
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £17,640
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Flared vase
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $40,320
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Pot on cylindrical foot
Estimate £6,000 - 9,000
Sold for £20,160
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‘Cycladic’ pot
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £69,300
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Ovoid pot with disc
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $162,500
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Cycladic arrow form
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £93,750
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Early and large vase with abstract design
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
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Early and large globular pot with handles and abstract design
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
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