Lorelei Vase by Artus Van Briggle

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Lorelei Vase by Artus Van Briggle

About the Item

No single piece of art pottery has captured the hearts and imaginations of collectors like the Lorelei vase of Artus Van Briggle. Artist, sculpture and potter, the life of Artus Van Briggle (1869-1904) was dramatic and tragic. Born to an artistic family in Ohio, Van Briggle was taken under wing by the owners and decorators of Rookwood Pottery, who sent the young man to Europe to further his studies. In France, he met the love of his life, Anne Gregory, who followed him to Colorado, where they hoped the dry mountain air would prolong his death match with tuberculosis. Carefully packed in his trunk was the first example of his masterpiece of sculpture and pottery, the ten-inch tall Lorelei vase. The sensual young woman whose arms, hair and flowing robes emerge from the clay to form the vase – of the clay, not on the clay, Frank Lloyd Wright might have said – took her name from a German legend wherein a beautiful young maiden, upon learning of her lover’s unfaithfulness, leap to her death from a cliff above the Rhine River. From that day forward her siren song lured unsuspecting sailors to their deaths on the jagged rocks below. Production in their three-person pottery began in late 1900, but by the fall of 1903, the deadly disease had effectively ended his career. With Anne at his bedside, Artus Van Briggle died in their Colorado Springs home on July 4, 1904. He was just 35. To this day the Lorelei remains one of Van Briggle's most alluring works. This example is in excellent condition. Bottom marked with logo, Van Briggle, Colo. Springs Colo. and cipher for Jennie Zega (at Van Briggle from 1983-1988). The vase is 10.5" tall and 4.75" wide.

Creator:
Van Briggle (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 10 in (25.4 cm)Diameter: 4.75 in (12.07 cm)
Style:
Art Deco (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Ceramic
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1980s
Condition:
Seller Location:
Surprise, AZ
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU2807316822932