ALEXIS KOSTANDA (B. 1953) - 2 WORKS - Lot 130

ALEXIS KOSTANDA (B. 1953) - 2 WORKS Two large bottles; soliflore necks. Glazed ceramic; one vase treated in pink, the other in yellow. Each signed, located and dated KOSTANDA Vallauris 2006 under the base. Heights: 32cm - 37cm Provenance: Works acquired directly from the artist. ALEXANDRE KOSTANDA (1921-2007) Alexandre Kostanda was one of the most dynamic figures in French ceramics. A teacher and mentor to Daniel de Montmollin and the founding artists of Poterie d'Accolay, as well as head of Louis Giraud's workshop, he was a driving force in the transmission and promotion of art - notably co-founding the Vallauris International Ceramic Biennial. At the same time, he opened his own workshop in Vallauris in 1953, where he specialized in the production of stoneware pieces with singular shapes, decorated with a variety of incised motifs, rendered in a characteristic muted chromatic range.