NORBERT PIERLOT (1919-1979) - Lot 181

NORBERT PIERLOT (1919-1979) Vase in the shape of a truncated cone with a wide annular neck. Polychrome glazed stoneware. Circa 1960. Signed PIERLOT under the base. Height: 23cm Provenance: Galerie Philippe Chapeau, Bois-d'Arcy: Galerie Philippe Chapeau, Bois-d'Arcy. Exhibitions: - Traits d'union - 70 ans d'expression céramique française (1947-2017) - Hospice de Malrigou, Saint-Jean-d'Estissac, June 1 to 3, July 21 to 29 and August 19 to 26, 2018. Our work exhibited during this event. - Les Trente Glorieuses - Collection Pascal Marziano1950-1980. Un timbré de céramique - Musée de la Poterie Méditerranéenne, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, April 5 to October 25, 2020. Our work exhibited at this event. Bibliography: Philippe Chambost, Pascal Marziano et Arnaud Serpollet - 1947-2017, 70 ans d'expression céramique française - Éditions Les livres de l'îlot, Neuvic, 2020. Our work reproduced on page 190. NORBERT PIERLOT (1919-1979) Trained as an actor, Norbert Pierlot discovered ceramics through his wife, Jeanne, née Boutet de Monvel. Together, they acquired the Château de Ratilly, which became a mecca for stoneware and contemporary ceramics. Norbert Pierlot's work evolved in parallel with the exchanges and encounters that took place at Ratilly. Gradually, he devoted himself entirely to pottery, then, in the 1970s, to limitless plastic research. His large, sometimes monumental, chamotte pieces go beyond their utilitarian function to explore matter, space and light.