FRANÇOIS RATY (1928-1982) - FORMER COLLECTION YVAN OREGGIA (DECORATOR AT ATELIER MADOURA) Owl, 1954 Sculpture. Glazed ceramic proof; the plumage treated with ochre and green on a black-ringed background. Two minor restorations on the feet. Signed and dated RATY 1954, in handwritten incisions below the base. Height: 26cm - Length: 18.5cm - Depth: 17cm Provenance: Yvan Oreggia - Yvan Oreggia (decorator at Atelier Madoura). - Private collection, South of France. Acquired from the previous owner. Please note: A work similar to our Chouette appears on a poster for an exhibition organized by Galerie 65 in Cannes, from April 5 to April 24, 1958. Related exhibitions and works: - Concours National de la Céramique d'Art - July - August - September 1966. A Chouette by François Raty, presented at this event, won a prize and was reproduced in the catalog (without pagination). - Raty - Musée de la Céramique Vallauris Golfe-Juan, March 17 - June 6, 2011. Chouette(s) by François Raty presented at this event and reproduced in the catalog (pages 14, 17 and 18). Bibliography and related works: Anne Lajoix - L'Âge d'or de Vallauris - Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1995. Chouette(s) by François Raty reproduced on pages 103 and 169.