ESSEVI sculpture depicting the Madonna and Child.
Measurements: H 28 X W 13 X D 14
Under the base, hand-painted underglaze "ESSEVI MADE IN ITALY ITALY TORINO".
We have other ESSEVI items in the shop; for more information, please do not hesitate to contact us.
The artistic ceramics factory "Essevi" was founded in 1934 by the painter, ceramist and designer Sandro Vacchetti in partnership with the Turin ceramist Nello Franchini, both former employees of the Turin ceramic factory "Lenci".
The company's production, which makes use of the collaboration of the sculptor Otto Maraini and Giovanni Grande and his wife Ines Panchieri Grande, among others, often follows the work of the company "Lenci", of which Vacchetti was artistic director from its foundation until 1933, and consists of figures of women often in fashionable or skimpy clothes.
Bibliography for those who wish to learn more
Maria Grazia Gargiulo, Sandro Vacchetti e la ESSEVI, Ceramiche del Novecento Italiano, Paparo - Napoli 2005
Fulvio Maria Rosso, Per virtù del fuoco. Men and ceramics of the Italian 20th century, Aosta 1983.
Le ceramiche Lenci, gli artisti-i secessionisti, Milan [s.a.]. «Antiquariato», 32, 1982.
Ceramiche Lenci ed Essevi 1927-1947, exhibition catalogue, Turin 1982.
Luciano Proverbio, Lenci: le ceramiche 1919-1937, Turin 1979.
Ceramiche italiane 1900-1950, Milan 1978
Packaging and transport will be carried out professionally.
Further photos will be sent on request.
The item is available in our shop in Turin in via Monte di Pietà 23/i, regularly open 6 days a week.
For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us.
