Provenance
Liberty & Co., London
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1978
Literature
Tony Birks, Lucie Rie, Yeovil, 1994, pp. 195, 201 and back cover for similar examples
Artist Biography
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.
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Property from a Private Collection, Ottawa

Lucie Rie

Footed bowl

circa 1978
Porcelain, pink, turquoise, and golden manganese bands.
3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm) high, 5 in. (12.7 cm) diameter
Impressed with artist's seal.

Estimate
$18,000 - 24,000

Sold for $43,750

Contact Specialist
Cordelia Lembo
Specialist, Head of Sale
+1 212 940 1265

New York Auction 12 December 2017