ÉLISABETH JOULIA (1925-2003) Untitled Collage on paper. Presented in a marie-louise and framed. Signed JOULIA at bottom. Sight: 45.5 x 35cm With frame: 58.5 x 46.5cm Provenance: Olivier Harlingue Collection: Olivier Harlingue Collection. ÉLISABETH JOULIA (1925-2003) Initially trained as a fresco artist, Élisabeth Joulia discovered ceramics with Jean Lerat before settling in 1949 in La Borne, a major stoneware center of which she would become a leading figure. Rejecting convention, she developed an instinctive, organic practice based on direct work with clay, modeled exclusively by hand. Her work is rooted in a sensitive abstraction that resonates with nature and the body, often the female form. Through emblematic series - Chestnuts, Hatching, Almonds - she explores the essence of forms and living things. From the 1970s onwards, her volumes gained in breadth and sensuality, then became purer with the introduction of white stoneware. A key figure in post-war ceramics, her work, nourished by spirituality and travel, tends towards the universal.