Bellied Vase with Decor of Silver Arrowheads
Bellied shaped vase on a heel realized in copperware and entirely hammered. For this work, the artist has chosen to dress up the top part of the piece with a turning geometrical decor, in a form of headarrows turned toward the bottom, in the silvered shades. The low part of the vase presents a sumptuous patina in the brown-oranges shades.
Unique piece.
Signed: Cl-Linossier of his usual signature under the base of the piece.
Circa: 1936.
Dimensions:
Height : 7 in.
Diameter : 6 ½ in.
Remarks:
Claudius Linossier started working metal very young, first in a religious goldsmith shop in Lyon, then in two Parisian workshops. He works for a while with the brasser Jean Dunand. He receives the Florence Blumenthal grant and the first price in the International Exhibition of 1937. With Decoeur, Lenoble, Decorchemont and Daurat, he was a member of the French Contemporary artists. Without using enamels or lacquers, his decorations, geometric or in a stylised archaism, were composed of metal encrustations. The bodies of the pieces, in red bronze or black tone ferronickel, were brightened either by the shaded grey of silver, by the pale gold of yellow copper or by the dark purple of red copper, magnified by the violent and primitive action fire.
Bibliography:
J. Gaillard, Un lyonnais célèbre des années 20. Claudius Linossier, Lyon, Edition lyonnaise d’art et d’histoire, 1993, n° 20 C , p. 186 N° 622B for a similar form and p. 181 N° 327B for a similar decor.