THE CLOUTIER BROTHERS - JEAN CLOUTIER (B. 1930) & ROBERT CLOUTIER (1930-2008) Personnage, une main derrière la tête, circa 1957-58, slight variant of a work presented at the Salon des Ateliers d'Art, Paris, 1958 Rare and important anthropomorphic vase. Polychrome glazed ceramic proof; black on the outside, red on the inside. The facial features were etched on the glaze before firing. A very slight chip restored on the underside of the base. Signed and located CLOUTIER R. J. France under the base. Height: 49cm Bibliography and related works : Patrick Favardin - Les frères Cloutier céramistes et sculpteurs - Norma éditions, Paris, 2014. A two-armed variant, presented at the 1958 Salon des Ateliers d'Art, reproduced on pages 25 and 55, as well as on the cover.