207 - THE CLOUTIER BROTHERS – JEAN & ROBERT CLOUTIER (1930–2015) & (1930–2008) – A COLLECTION

THE CLOUTIER BROTHERS – JEAN & ROBERT CLOUTIER (1930–2015) & (1930–2008) – A COLLECTION Hourglass, a model created around [1956–1957] A large chalice-shaped vase featuring a human figure; the braid serves as a handle. A piece in polychrome glazed ceramic. Signed “CLOUTIER RJ France” on the base. H. 27 cm Provenance: Mr. X, Paris. A collection dedicated to the Cloutier Brothers. Exhibition: 18th Commercial and Professional Art Studios Fair – Paris, March 1958. A slight variation was presented at this event. Bibliography: - Patrick Favardin – The Cloutier Brothers, Ceramists and Sculptors – Éditions Norma, Paris, 2014. Slight variations reproduced on pages 24–25, 31, and 105. - Philippe Chambost, Pascal Marziano, and Arnaud Serpollet – 1947–2017: 70 Years of French Ceramic Art – Éditions Les livres de l’îlot, Neuvic, 2020. A slight variation is reproduced on page 146, in an archival photograph from the 1958 Salon des Ateliers d’Art.