ROGER CAPRON (1922-2006) IN VALLAURIS - Lot 30

ROGER CAPRON (1922-2006) IN VALLAURIS Pyjamas Pyriform bottle vase with soliflore neck. Polychrome glazed ceramic. Signed and located CAPRON Vallauris under the base. Height: 36cm Provenance: Galerie Carlos Moïta, Paris. Bibliography and related works: - Philippe Chambost, Pascal Marziano and Arnaud Serpollet - 1947-2017, 70 ans d'expression céramique française - Éditions Les livres de l'îlot, Neuvic, 2020. Variants reproduced on page 198. - Pierre Staudenmeyer - Roger Capron, céramiste - Éditions Norma, Paris, 2023. A vase of identical shape, unglazed, reproduced on page 81. ROLAND BRICE (1911-1989) Fernand Léger's ceramist-practitioner, Roland Brice was above all the man who, through his mastery and technical knowledge, was able to bring the Cubist painter's universe out of the canvas, making it accessible to all. The plastic possibilities of clay, manipulated by Brice, accentuate the synthesizing and geometrizing of forms, as well as the power of contrasts, inseparable from his artistic language. The "polychrome sculptures" Léger and Brice created together combine three indispensable elements: color, volume and architecture. After Léger's death, Brice continued this quest, developing his own artistic language, also marked by modernity.