Lucie Rie. Own studio. Large modernist unique vase in glazed stoneware.

Lucie Rie (1902-1995), Austrian-born British ceramicist. Own studio. Large modernist unique vase in glazed ceramic/stoneware. Beautiful glaze in pink, greenish, and purple hues. Trumpet-shaped mouth. Museum quality. Circa 1980. In excellent condition. Signed: LR in monogram. Dimensions: Height 26.0 cm x Diameter 14.8 cm. Provenance: property of a Sussex private collector. Lucie Rie's works, primarily consisting of hand-thrown vases and bowls, are remarkable for their modernist forms and her use of bright colors. She studied ceramics at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna, a school of art and crafts. In 1937, she won a silver medal at the Paris International Exhibition, and the following year, Rie moved to London to escape the Nazis in Austria.