THE CLOUTIER BROTHERS – JEAN & ROBERT CLOUTIER (1930–2015) &...
THE CLOUTIER BROTHERS – JEAN & ROBERT CLOUTIER (1930–2015) & (1930–2008) – A COLLECTION
Hourglass, a model created around [1956–1957]
A large chalice-shaped vase featuring a human figure; the braid serves as a handle. A piece in polychrome glazed ceramic. Signed “CLOUTIER RJ France” on the base. H. 27 cm
Provenance:
Mr. X, Paris. A collection dedicated to the Cloutier Brothers.
Exhibition:
18th Commercial and Professional Art Studios Fair – Paris, March 1958. A slight variation was presented at this event.
Bibliography:
- Patrick Favardin – The Cloutier Brothers, Ceramists and Sculptors – Éditions Norma, Paris, 2014. Slight variations reproduced on pages 24–25, 31, and 105.
- Philippe Chambost, Pascal Marziano, and Arnaud Serpollet – 1947–2017: 70 Years of French Ceramic Art – Éditions Les livres de l’îlot, Neuvic, 2020. A slight variation is reproduced on page 146, in an archival photograph from the 1958 Salon des Ateliers d’Art.
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THE CLOUTIER BROTHERS – JEAN & ROBERT CLOUTIER (1930–2015) & (1930–2008) – A COLLECTION
Hourglass, a model created around [1956–1957]
A large chalice-shaped vase featuring a human figure; the braid serves as a handle. A piece in polychrome glazed ceramic. Signed “CLOUTIER RJ France” on the base. H. 27 cm
Provenance:
Mr. X, Paris. A collection dedicated to the Cloutier Brothers.
Exhibition:
18th Commercial and Professional Art Studios Fair – Paris, March 1958. A slight variation was presented at this event.
Bibliography:
- Patrick Favardin – The Cloutier Brothers, Ceramists and Sculptors – Éditions Norma, Paris, 2014. Slight variations reproduced on pages 24–25, 31, and 105.
- Philippe Chambost, Pascal Marziano, and Arnaud Serpollet – 1947–2017: 70 Years of French Ceramic Art – Éditions Les livres de l’îlot, Neuvic, 2020. A slight variation is reproduced on page 146, in an archival photograph from the 1958 Salon des Ateliers d’Art.