Coupe from studio Menelika, Genève, Switzerland | Circa 1940 – 1950
Earthenware, yellow body with white glaze on the outside and blue-grey glaze on the inside
The Menelika studio of the Amoudruz-Imbert couple is an important Art Deco ceramic studios in western Switzerland. The decoration is often imaginative, almost anecdotal. This piece was shown at the Musée Ariana (Geneva) as part of the exhibition: Noverraz - Menelika, potiers d'art genevois des années 1920 à 1960, 30.04.2003 - 20.10.2003. See also the literature below.
Literature: Ball, Daniela U., Form ohne Ornament?: Schweizer Keramik im Spiegel der Kulturdebatten der Zwischenkriegszeit, Kunst + Architektur in der Schweiz, 56, 38-45, 2005
Blaettler, Roland und Rivollet, Karin, Noverraz - Menelika, potiers d'art genevois des années 1920 à 1960, Ville de Genève, Musées d'art et d'histoire, Katalog zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung 30.04.-20.10.2003, Genève, 2003
