Henri Matisse and André Metthey

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Description

Fleurs
Signed henri matisse and with Metthey's monograms
Glazed ceramic
Height: 11 1/8 in. (28.3cm)

Provenance

Theodore Schempp (1956)

Private Collection (sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 16, 1984, lot 374)

David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee

Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1992)

Catalogue Note

After admiring an exhibition of stoneware created by the ceramicist André Metthey, Ambroise Vollard convinced several young artists including Matisse, Vlaminck, Derain and Bonnard to travel to Metthey's studio in Asnières. There the artists decorated plates, bowls and vases thrown by Metthey which were then fired and glazed.