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Lot 346 Dα

An earthenware dish with the head of a woman by René Buthaud

Auction 1159 - overview Cologne
12.11.2020, 19:00 - Modern Decorative Arts
Estimate: 500 € - 800 €
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An earthenware dish with the head of a woman by René Buthaud

Painted in enamels over black ground, the interior with a portrait of a lady, the outer surface with flowers. Black painted signature RB. Restored at the lip edge. H 5.3, D 11.5 cm.
René Buthaud (1886 - 1986), 1920s.

René Buthaud (1886 - 1986) was one of the most influential artists of the Art Deco period. After studying at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux, he began working with ceramics in 1919 and exhibited at the Salon d'automne in Paris in 1920. From 1923 he headed the ceramics workshop of the Atelier Primavera in Sainte-Radegonde near Tours, a studio that was set up in 1912 in the Parisian department store Au Printemps to promote modern design. He returned to Bordeaux in 1926, founded his own studio and was appointed professor of painting and applied arts at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1931. Until the 1960s he produced ceramics that were sold through Rouard in Paris. He died shortly before his 100th birthday.

Provenance

Villa Clara Schumann, Frankfurt.