Claude Levy: Large Plate of Art Deco Abstract Archer. Gray stoneware charger, Longwy or Sevres, decorated under a clear glaze in colors; incised signature, "Claude Levy" inside foot-rim. Ashley-Page Collection label and SPB Auction label on reverse. France, circa 1930's. NOTE: Claude Levy was one of the principal designers at Longwy for Primavera and also worked for Sevres. His last exhibition in New York was during the 1939 World's Fair. Together with Emil Decoeur, Raul Lachenal and Jean Mayodon, Levy was known as one of the "gres potters" a group who used the earthy gray pottery and stoneware of the Korean and Japanese Kyoto ceramists. Diameter 17 inches (43.2 cm.). Provenance: Sotheby Parke Bernet, NY, circa early 1980's.

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