A LARGE 'VASE AUX BAIGNEUSES'

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A LARGE 'VASE AUX BAIGNEUSES'
DESIGNED AND DECORATED BY RAOUL DUFY, POTTED BY JOSEF LLORENS ARTIGAS, 1926

Rich pink glaze over white, incised with naked figures bathing, underside with underglazed blue artist's signature and date 26/1/1926 enclosed within a rectangle with number 74, pink glazed potter's monogram JLA, potter's thumbprint in underglaze blue; sold with original purchase invoice from Galerie le Centaure
13 1/4in. (34cm. high) (2)

Provenance

Claire Petrucci, thence by descent.
Purchased by Claire Petrucci from Galerie Le Centaure, Brussels, 6th March 1928

Literature

See: Domus, August 1930, p. 48 (reproduced with lots 215/216), this vase shown in situ in the Wolfers' apartment in the rue de Praetere.
Cf: Dora Perez-Tibi. Dufy, London 1989, pp.177-179, vases with similar figural decoration illustrated.

Exhibited

Galerie Le Centaure, Brussels, February 1928

Lot Essay

Dufy and the Catalan ceramicist J.L. Artigas collaborated on a number of pieces between 1922 and 1932, and then again from 1937 to 1939. Together they created about 110 unique vases, each individually numbered on the base. The vases were decorated with various motifs including horses, fish, shells, and Dufy's favourite, naiads and bathers.
Le Centaure was a prominent contemporary art gallery in Brussels representing works by leading Belgian and other artists including Braque, Chagall, Derain, Vlaminck, Dufy, Leger, Magritte, Miro, Zadkine, Minne and van Dongen. The gallery also published its own journal, and issue No. 5 (Feb 1928) contains articles on Dufy by Christian Zervos, Paul Poiret and Artigas.

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