VERA SZÉKELY (1919-1995) & PIERRE SZÉKELY (1923-2001) &a - Lot 208

VERA SZÉKELY (1919-1995) & PIERRE SZÉKELY (1923-2001) & ANDRÉ BORDERIE (1923-1998) Christ on the Cross and two angels,circa 1950 Set of three sconce sculptures in high relief. Polychrome glazed ceramic. Christ and an angel; each signed with the monogram SZB on the back. Height Christ: 23cm Height angels: 10.5cm Provenance: Galerie Pierre J, Nantes. Bibliography: Daniel Léger - Vera Székely - Éditions Norma, Paris, 2020. Our angels to be compared with the model reproduced on page 24. VERA SZÉKELY (1919-1995) & PIERRE SZÉKELY (1923-2001) & ANDRÉ BORDERIE (1923-1998) The artistic collaboration between the Székely couple and André Borderie remains a landmark experience in French ceramics in the 1950s. After meeting in Vienna, they settled near Paris in 1948 and began a joint ceramic production characterized by free, abstract and sometimes surrealist forms, populated by anthropomorphic and sacred figures. Under the influence of the Bornois revival, notably that of Élisabeth Joulia, their style evolved, gaining in sobriety but retaining certain engraved graphic decorations. The trio's ceramic adventure came to an end in 1957, with each of them pursuing their own artistic paths.