Rice Bowl
Type:Other
Year:circa 1978
Size:4.38" x 7.50" x 7.50"
Medium:Porcelain
Signed:Monogram
Notes:
Porcelain, white glaze with manganese rim and semi-perforations Stamped with artist cipher underneath: LR Paper label underneath: 84
Lucie Gomperz Rie ART FOR SALE
1902 Vienna, Austria - 1995 London, England. Known for: Studio pottery, vessels, domestic ware.
Born in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany n 1920, Hans Coper, partner of Lucie Rie, lost his youth in 1936 when his Jewish father killed himself to ease the plight of his non-Jewish wife and that of their... Read full biography
Born in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany n 1920, Hans Coper, partner of Lucie Rie, lost his youth in 1936 when his Jewish father killed himself to ease the plight of his non-Jewish wife and that of their two sons. Having briefly studied textile engineering in Dresden, Coper left Nazi Germany in 1939 and... Read full biography
Born in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany n 1920, Hans Coper, partner of Lucie Rie, lost his youth in 1936 when his Jewish father killed himself to ease the plight of his non-Jewish wife and that of their two sons. Having briefly studied textile engineering in Dresden, Coper left Nazi Germany in 1939 and took refuge in England. Here he was arrested, interned as an enemy alien and shipped to Canada. In 1941, he returned to Britain and joined the Pioneer Corps. At the end of World War II, Coper had two... Read full biography
Born in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany n 1920, Hans Coper, partner of Lucie Rie, lost his youth in 1936 when his Jewish father killed himself to ease the plight of his non-Jewish wife and that of their two sons. Having briefly studied textile engineering in Dresden, Coper left Nazi Germany in 1939 and took refuge in England. Here he was arrested, interned as an enemy alien and shipped to Canada. In 1941, he returned to Britain and joined the Pioneer Corps. At the end of World War II, Coper had two daughters, no wife and no work. In 1946, he went to Albion Mews and asked Rie for work. Fortunate for the two of them, she took him on and taught him to pot. Working side by side, Rie and Coper first continued to make ceramic buttons and then focused... Read full biography
Born in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany n 1920, Hans Coper, partner of Lucie Rie, lost his youth in 1936 when his Jewish father killed himself to ease the plight of his non-Jewish wife and that of their two sons. Having briefly studied textile engineering in Dresden, Coper left Nazi Germany in 1939 and took refuge in England. Here he was arrested, interned as an enemy alien and shipped to Canada. In 1941, he returned to Britain and joined the Pioneer Corps. At the end of World War II, Coper had two daughters, no wife and no work. In 1946, he went to Albion Mews and asked Rie for work. Fortunate for the two of them, she took him on and taught him to pot. Working side by side, Rie and Coper first continued to make ceramic buttons and then focused on the production of domestic wares, often signed together. While the economic situation gradually improved, sal... Read full biography
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