Lot 13. Lucie Rie, Bowl, circa 1965. Stoneware, pure manganese glaze exterior and white glaze with integrated manganese speckle interior; 3 in. (7.6 cm) high, 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm) diameter. Underside impressed with artist's seal. Sold for $4,032 (Estimate $2,000 - 3,000). © 2022 Phillips Auctioneers, LLC

Provenance: Private collection, Massachusetts
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Lot 14. Lucie Rie, Oval bowl, circa 1978. Stoneware, mixed glazes and a dark manganese rim; 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm) high, 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm) diameter. Underside impressed with artist's seal. Sold for $6,300 (Estimate $3,000 - 5,000). © 2022 Phillips Auctioneers, LLC

Property from the Collection of Nancy Singleton Hachisu.

Provenance: Kim Schuefftan, Kodama, Japan, acquired directly from the artist, circa 1978
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature: John Houston, ed., Lucie Rie: a survey of her life and work, exh. cat., Crafts Council and The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1981, p. 80 for similar examples.

Lot 15. Lucie Rie, Oval low bowl, circa 1978. Stoneware, mixed glazes and a dark manganese rim; 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm) high, 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm) diameter. Underside impressed with artist's seal. Sold for $6,048 (Estimate $1,500 - 2,000). © 2022 Phillips Auctioneers, LLC

Property from the Collection of Nancy Singleton Hachisu.

Provenance: Kim Schuefftan, Kodama, Japan, acquired directly from the artist, circa 1978
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Note: Dame Lucie Rie (Austrian, 1902 - 1995) studied under Michael Powolny at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna before immigrating to London in 1938. In London she started out making buttons for the fashion industry before producing austere, sparsely decorated tableware that caught the attention of modernist interior decorators. Eventually she hit her stride with the pitch-perfect footed bowls and flared vases for which she is best-known today. She worked in porcelain and stoneware, applying glaze directly to the unfired body and firing only once. She limited decoration to incised lines, subtle spirals and golden manganese lips, allowing the beauty of her thin-walled vessels to shine through. In contrast with the rustic pots of English ceramicist Bernard Leach, who is considered an heir to the Arts and Crafts movement, collectors and scholars revere Rie for creating pottery that was in dialogue with the design and architecture of European Modernism.

Phillips. Design: Online Auction, 9 - 16 February 2022