JEAN LURÇAT (1892-1966) PEINTRE CARTONNIER & SANT VICENS POTERIE Baroque vase, proof numbered 4/25, an identical example in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris Very large pear-shaped vase with wide neck terminating in two spouts, one of which has three thumb indentations at its base. Proof in polychrome-glazed ceramic, decorated with two confronting profiles in white with brown rings and polychrome motifs in an outline cartouche in relief, and four profiles - blue, red, yellow and white in a cartouche in relief evoking a porthole - all on a brown background with black and white foliage motifs. Circa 1960. A few scattered enamel chips. Marked Dessin J. LURÇAT Sant Vicens B.R. and numbered 4/25 on reverse. Height: 38cm - Width: 35cm Public collections: - Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris - An identical model, numbered 1/25, is kept in the collections of this institution under inventory number 2003.124.1. - Musée d'Art Moderne, Céret - An identical model, with a slight variation, is held in the collections of this institution. Exhibitions: - Hommage à Jean Lurçat - Musée des beaux-arts, Lyon, 1966. A Baroque Vase presented at this event (N°18). - JeanLurçat:la terre,le feu, l'eau, l'air - Musée d'art Hyacinthe Rigaud, Perpignan, June 22 - December 29, 2024. An identical model, with a slight variation, presented at this event (N°117). Bibliography: - Béatrice Salmon (dir.) - Céramiques XXe siècle: collection du musée des Arts décoratifs - Éditions du Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, 2006. An identical model is reproduced on page 115. - Collectif - Création en France, Arts décoratifs 1945-1965: répertoire alphabétique - Éditions Gourcuff Gradenigo, Montreuil, 2009. Identical model reproduced on page 214. - Pascale Picard and Salima Hella (dir.) - JeanLurçat:la terre,le feu, l'eau, l'air - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musée d'art Hyacinthe Rigaud, Perpignan (June 22 - December 29, 2024), Silvana Editoriale, Milan, 2024. An identical model, with a slight variation, is referenced under number 117 in the catalog and reproduced on page 199.