RENÉ BUTHAUD (1886-1986) - FORMER COLLECTION MAURICE DENIS (1870-1943) - COLLECTION FRANCE CRUÈGE DE FORCEVILLE Two female faces (one in three-quarter view, one in profile) in oval medallions & Stylized floral sprays, work presented at the Exposition des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925, then acquired by the Nabi painter Tulip vase resting on a doucine pedestal and flanked by four wings terminating in a scroll at each end. Proof in high-fire glazed ceramic; the title decorations alternate between each fin and are treated in a blue cameo on an ivory background. Old restoration. Signed R. BUTHAUD and inscribed À [...] pour sa [...] Maurice DENISandExposition 1925under the base. Height: 33.5cm Important, attached: A letter from Maurice Denis to René Buthaud dated November 8, 1925, sent from Le Prieuré in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, including an original drawing of our vase and signed in his hand. Provenance: - Maurice Denis Collection (1870-1943), Nabi painter. - France Cruège de Forceville; close to the artist, who was his best man at his wedding; daughter of Pierre Cruège, designer, close friend and biographer of René Buthaud. France Cruège de Forceville is the author of numerous publications and curator of exhibitions on the Bordeaux ceramist, a recognized specialist, CNE expert and collector of his work. Exhibitions: Exposition des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels modernes, Paris, 1925- Our work presented at this event, for which René Buthaud was a member of the Admissions Committee and a member of the Jury for the Ceramics Section. Bibliography: - Art et Industrie -November 1925. Our work reproduced in an article entitledArt et Industrie du feu. - Pierre Cruège - René Buthaud (1886-1986) - Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1996. Our work and the letter from Maurice Denis featuring an original drawing of our work reproduced on page 110. -Collectif sous la direction d'Emmanuel Bréon et France Cruège de Forceville -René Buthaud, 1886-1986 - Céramiste Art Déco- Catalogue of the exhibition organized at the Musée de Beaux-Arts Antoine Lécuyer, Saint Quentin (May 14 - September 17, 2023), Éditions Norma, Paris, 2023. Our vase is reproduced on page 103. Bibliography and related works: Gaston Quénioux -Les Arts Décoratifs Modernes -Édition de la Librairie Larousse, Paris, 1925. Slight variation reproduced on page 231.