ATELIER MADOURA - SUZANNE DOULY-RAMIÉ (1905-1974) & GEORGES - Lot 155

ATELIER MADOURA - SUZANNE DOULY-RAMIÉ (1905-1974) & GEORGES RAMIÉ (1901-1976) Spectacular jug known as "bourrache provençale". Green glazed ceramic with rich black drips. Signed with the MADOURA Plein Feu stamp under the base. Surface firing bubbles, a very slight firing crack at the base of the interior. Height: 61cm Provenance: GalerieArt du XXe, Nice. Please note: This model, like others created at the studio, was chosen by Pablo Picasso to be decorated. When the master became infatuated with a model, Suzanne Ramié stopped production under Madoura's paternity - making "nude" models, like our jug, quite rare. Public collection and related work: Musée Magnelli, Musée de la céramique, Vallauris - An identical model is preserved in the collections of this institution. Bibliography: Collectif - Suzanne Ramié / Atelier Madoura - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musée Magnelli, Musée de la Céramique, Vallauris (June 21 - September 28, 1998), Éditions Madoura, 1998. An identical model, preserved in the collections of the Musée Magnelli, is reproduced on the cover. Bibliography and related works: 20 ans de céramique chez Madoura - Catalogue of the exhibition held at Galerie Madoura, Vallauris (August - September 1966), Éditions Galerie Madoura, Vallauris, 1966. A proof of the model decorated by Pablo Picasso reproduced in the catalog. ATELIER MADOURA - SUZANNE DOULY-RAMIÉ (1905-1974) & GEORGES RAMIÉ (1901-1976) Atelier Madoura, founded in 1938 by the Ramié couple, played an essential role in the revival of the Vallaurian tradition, and more generally of post-war ceramics. Driven by her sensitivity and talent for design, Suzanne Ramié reinvented popular ceramic forms in pieces with bold, sculptural volumes, sublimated by her use of refined glazes. This daring creativity soon attracted great artists, including the unmissable Pablo Picasso. Their twenty-five-year collaboration would unquestionably shape and renew the ceramic language for their contemporaries and for generations to come.