NORBERT PIERLOT (1919-1979) Very large turned vase. Glazed stoneware. Circa 1960. Signed PIERLOT under the base and stamped with an owl towards the base. Height: 50cm Provenance: Galerie Gendras-Régnier: Galerie Gendras-Régnier. Bibliography: Laurence Rodighiero - Intérieurs de chalets et maisons de campagne- Éditions Charles Massin, Paris, 1964. Our work, or an identical vase, reproduced on page 29. NORBERT PIERLOT (1919-1979) Trained as an actor, Norbert Pierlot discovered ceramics through his wife, Jeanne, née Boutet de Monvel. Together, they acquired the Château de Ratilly, which became a mecca for stoneware and contemporary ceramics. Norbert Pierlot's work evolved in parallel with the exchanges and encounters that took place at Ratilly. Gradually, he devoted himself entirely to pottery, then, in the 1970s, to limitless plastic research. His large, sometimes monumental, chamotte pieces go beyond their utilitarian function to explore matter, space and light.