RENÉ BUTHAUD (1886-1986) - COLLECTION FRANCE CRUÈGE DE FORCEVILLE Jeune fille à la capeline, 1929 An ovoid vase on a slight heel; the neck flares out and ends in a tray. Thick-glazed ceramic proof; the title decoration is polychrome on an ivory ground with a network of craquelures. Work from the 1920s. Monogrammed R. B. (with interlaced letters) under the base. Height: 24.5cm Provenance: France 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. Exhibition: - René Buthaud (1886-1986), céramiques - Paris, Galerie France A. de Forceville. Our work exhibited at this event. - Les Femmes d'Urbino à Buthaud - Galerie Vandermeersch, Paris, May 31 to June 30, 2016. Our work exhibited at this event. Bibliography: - René Buthaud (1886-1986), céramiques - Catalogue of the exhibition organized at Galerie France A. de Forceville, Paris. Our work reproduced on page 23. - France Cruège de Forceville, Nadège Fray collaboratrice - René Buthaud (1886-1986) céramiste - Book published on the occasion of the exhibition - Les Femmes d'Urbino à Buthaud - organized at Galerie Vandermeersch, Paris, from May 31 to June 30, 2016. Our work reproduced on page 33 and described on page 32. - 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 work reproduced on pages 20-21.