Lot 70

Pavel Janák (1882 - 1956) CUBIST VASE

Rare Czech cubist vase of concave shape made of porous wood with gold glaze with white edges of cannelures and with body divided by twelve facets are according to the design of Pavel Janák from 1911. Made by the company Graniton, Rydl & Thon Svijany - Podolí. Model number 760/3. Decor C. Janák's collection of vases consisted of seventeen different shapes, but for these models three height levels and three decoration 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.