JOSEP LLORENS ARTIGAS & RAOUL DUFY (1877-1953) Painted Art Pottery Vase c. 1930

We feature a growing selection of Oriental, Chinese and Ethnic antiques. FREE PICK-UP IN THE CHICAGOLAND AREA. A glazed stoneware vase with a mottled blue ground over which is decorated with one large cartouche with five smaller that depict a nude maiden and geometric designs. Potted by Artigas, and decorated by Dufy Overall Height: 15" Width 7". The vase is in excellent condition, free of chips, cracks, damage or losses.

Josep Llorens Artigas (16 June 1892 11 December 1980) was a Spanish ceramic artist known for his collaboration with Joan Miró. He is credited with relaunching ceramics as a European art form. Artigas was born in Barcelona. He went to Escola superior d'arts i indústries i belles arts. He worked as an art critic on the Barcelona-based newspaper La Veu.

Artigas went to France and he wrote a thesis on Egyptian pottery and their blue glazes at the Sorbonne. In 1924 he had a studio on the rue Blomet in Paris. There he joined the avant-garde. Joining a group originally started by Gustave Courbet.

It is estimated that Dufy painted about 300 vases for Artigas. This quote is for the Continental U.

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