Lot 71

Pavel Janák (1882 - 1956) TWO CUBIST VASES

Two rare Bohemian cubist vases of concave shape made of porous wood with black glaze with white edges of the canelure and with a body divided by twelve facets are according to the design of Pavel Janák from 1911. It was made by the company Graniton, Rydl & Thon Svijany - Podolí. Model number 760/3. The decor of A. Janák's collection of vases consisted of seventeen different shapes, but for these models three height levels and three decor colours were sufficient: black, white and gold.

Ref.: Švestka J. and T. Vlček. Czech Cubism 1909-1925, 1991 and Hořava, Jiří. Graniton: artistic and utilitarian ceramics 1907-1928. České Budějovice, 2017. and Fronek, Jiří (ed.). Artěl: art for everyday life 1908-1935. Prague: Uměleckoprůmyslové museum, 2008.