A French Art Déco faience vase with floral decor - image-1
A French Art Déco faience vase with floral decor - image-2
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Lot 1156 Dα

A French Art Déco faience vase with floral decor

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 4.000 € - 8.000 €
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A French Art Déco faience vase with floral decor

The underside signed and dated 'Jean Renoir. 21' in manganese. Two small chips to the edge of the base. H 24.3 cm.
Jean Renoir, 1921.

Before beginning his long and successful career as a film maker, Pierre-Auguste Renoirs' second son worked as a ceramic artist prior to WWI. It would be just one station on his search for a true calling, one that allowed him both the ability to work creatively and to distance himself artistically from his more famous father.

Literature

Cf. a similarly designed vase in the Barnes Collection, inv. no. 01.13.16.
Cf. Both pieces with similar decor, 1920 - 22 in the Musée d´art moderne de La Ville de Troyes (cat. Céramique d´artiste, Milan 2012, no. 237).