Jean Lurcat Saint Vicens Plate

Rare plate of jean lurçat enamelled earthenware decorated with a stylized character in a décor of foliage, black enamel on a speckled ochre background. Fifties. At the end of the 1930s, firmin bauby, a decorator, acquired a winery on the outskirts of perpignan, to create a ceramics centre. He tamed the land with gustave violet in his early youth in prades. In 1951, jean lurçat visited firmin bauby and entrusted him with his ceramic creations. He stayed twice a year in sant vicens until his death in 1966.