ESSEVI sculpture depicting a Balilla (Italian Fascist youth organization member) with a beret.
Measurements: H 30 x C 10 cm
Under the base, hand-painted underglaze: "ESSEVI MADE IN ITALY ITALIA TORINO MOD. DI S. VACCHETTI".
We have other ESSEVI items available in the store, please do not hesitate to contact us for more information.
The artistic ceramics manufacture "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 manufacture "Lenci".
The company's production, which benefits from the collaboration of the sculptor Otto Maraini and Giovanni Grande and his wife Ines Panchieri Grande, among others, often echoes the works of the company "Lenci", of which Vacchetti had been 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. Uomini e ceramiche del Novecento italiano, Aosta 1983.
Le ceramiche Lenci, gli artisti-i secessionisti, Milano [s.a.]. «Antiquariato», 32, 1982.
Ceramiche Lenci ed Essevi 1927-1947, exhibition catalog, 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.
Additional photos will be sent upon request.
The item is available at our store located in Turin at via Monte di Pietà 23/i, regularly open 6 days out of 7.
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