ALBERT THIRY (1932-2009) - Lot 209

ALBERT THIRY (1932-2009) Faces, 1991 Compression sculpture. Stoneware, black lacquered metal. Signed THIRY (19)91 above the stoneware part. Height: 26cm - Length: 68cm - Depth: 19cm Provenance: Galerie Marie Pascale Suhard, Évreux. Bibliography: Marie-Pascale Suhard - Les Artistes de Vallauris: Pyot et Albert Thiry, deux vies, une œuvre - Éditions Joel Garcia, Paris, 2005.our work reproduced on page 57. ALBERT THIRY (1932-2009) Trained at the École des Arts Décoratifs in Nice, as well as in several Vallauris workshops, Albert Thiry began his career as a decorator at the Atelier du Tapis Vert, before founding his own studio with his wife Pyot Gavaudan, also a ceramist. Their production in chamotte clay ranges from utilitarian pieces richly decorated with engraved motifs inspired by the plant world, to more sculptural works depicting a bestiary and a dreamlike, symbolic universe.