Description:

Lucie Rie (1902-1995), Austrian-born British ceramicist. Own studio.
Large modernist unique vase in glazed ceramic/stoneware.
Beautiful glaze in pink, greenish, and purple hues.
Trumpet-shaped mouth.
Museum quality.
Circa 1980.
In excellent condition.
Signed: LR in monogram.
Dimensions: Height 26.0 cm x Diameter 14.8 cm.
Lucie Rie's works, primarily consisting of hand-thrown vases and bowls, are remarkable for their modernist forms and her use of bright colors. She studied ceramics at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna, a school of art and crafts. In 1937, she won a silver medal at the Paris International Exhibition, and the following year, Rie moved to London to escape the Nazis in Austria.