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Lucie Rie

Austrian • 1902-1995

Biography

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.

Insights

In December 2016, Phillips achieved a world auction record for the artist with Flaring footed bowl, 1978, which sold for $212,500.
Lucie Rie was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1991.
'Lucie Rie/Hans Coper,' an exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1994-'95, examined the relationship between the two potters who shared studio space for a number of years.

"To make pottery is an adventure to me: every new work is a new beginning."

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5 April 2023 | Varsity 
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‘Salt crystals on a shrinking sea’: Lucie Rie’s pottery is always in motion
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27 March 2023 | Antiques Trade Gazette 
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Lucie Rie bowl given to her cleaning lady is among five lots to watch this week
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15 March 2023 | The Guardian 
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Lucie Rie review – the genius ceramicist who refused to be boxed in
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1 March 2023 | The Art Newspaper 
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Lucie Rie, the Vienna-born émigré who turned British ceramics into an art form
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24 February 2023 | Financial Times 
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The beautifully turned world of Lucie Rie

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Lucie Rie
Conical bowl
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £38,100
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Lucie Rie
Conical bowl
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £33,020
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Lucie Rie
Conical bowl
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,985
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Lucie Rie
Footed bowl
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £48,260
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Lucie Rie
Vase
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $5,292
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Vase
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $4,410
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Footed bowl
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $56,700
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Lucie Rie
Footed bowl
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £40,320
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Lucie Rie
Footed bowl
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £176,400
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Lucie Rie
Early pot
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $6,930
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Lucie Rie
Early vase
Estimate $12,000 - 16,000
Sold for $15,120
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Conical bowl
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $12,600
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Teapot, creamer, and coffee pot
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
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Lucie Rie
"Johnny" bowl and "Johnny" cup and saucer
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $8,190
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Lucie Rie
Two early pouring vessels
Estimate $500 - 800
Sold for $4,788
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Footed cup
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $5,670
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Lucie Rie
Vase with flaring lip
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
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Lucie Rie
Candle holder
Estimate $500 - 800
Sold for $1,386
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Lucie Rie
Footed bowl
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £44,100
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Lucie Rie
Bowl
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $4,032
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Lucie Rie
Oval bowl
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,300
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Lucie Rie
Oval low bowl
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
Sold for $6,048
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Lucie Rie
Footed bowl
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $138,600
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Conical bowl
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $138,600
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