Robert MICHEAU-VERNEZ (1907-1989) & Manufacture HENRIOT QUIMPER Paotred ar c'hartou "Les joueurs de cartes" (The card players) Polychrome glazed earthenware group, circa 1932 Signed "R MICHEAU" on the base and "Henriot Quimper 145" on the reverse. Significant old restoration Height 22.5 cm x Length 31.5 cm x Width 12 cm One of the very first models created by Robert Micheau-Vernez for Henriot, exhibited at the Saluden gallery in Brest in November 1931. Our print dates from before December 1932. It features two card players, one in Quimper costume, the other in Pont-l'Abbé costume. Bibliography : - Philippe Théallet and Mikaël Micheau-Vernez, "Micheau-Vernez, l'oeuvre de faïence", Groix éditions, 2019. Similar model reproduced on p. 40".

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