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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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Footed bowl
Estimate £18,000 - 24,000
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Lucie Rie
Vase with flaring lip
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
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Lucie Rie
Footed bowl
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
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Lucie Rie
Large 'New Knitted' bowl
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
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Lucie Rie
Vase with fluted body and flaring lip
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
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Lucie Rie
Lidded coffee pot and milk jug
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
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Lucie Rie
Squeezed bowl
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
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Lucie Rie
Tea and coffee set
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
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Footed bowl
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
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Past Lots

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Creamer
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,159
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Lucie Rie
Footed bowl
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
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Lucie Rie
Footed bowl
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
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Lucie Rie
Composite vase
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
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Lucie Rie
Cylindrical vase with flaring lip
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,700
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Lucie Rie
Small footed bowl
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £95,250
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Vase with flaring lip
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £50,800
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Lucie Rie
Footed bowl
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £330,200
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Lucie Rie
Vase with flaring lip
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £165,100
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Lucie Rie
Footed bowl
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £120,650
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Lucie Rie
Oval bowl
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £114,300
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Lucie Rie
Set of 7 graduated jugs
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £44,450
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Lucie Rie
'All debts cancelled' bowl
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £57,150
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315
Lucie Rie
29 buttons and brooches
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £33,020
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Lucie Rie
Bowl
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £12,065
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Lucie Rie
Oval bowl
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £6,985
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Lucie Rie
Early bowl
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £21,590
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Lucie Rie
Umbrella handle
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Sold for £1,905
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Lucie Rie
Umbrella handle
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Sold for £2,159
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323
Lucie Rie
Oval dish
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
Sold for £8,255
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Lucie Rie
Early vase with flattened body
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £57,150
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Lucie Rie
Small conical bowl
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £12,700
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326
Lucie Rie
Vienna period small 'jardinière'
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £5,080
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Lucie Rie
Vienna period cup and saucer
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £22,860
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