Lucie Rie Signed By Rie and Jane Coper

BIRKS, Tony; Lucie Rie

Published by Alphabooks, A. & C. Black, London, 1987

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4to. 224 pp. Publisher's brown cloth, the artist's signature reproduced in white to spine and upper board, dust jacket, not price clipped. Profusely illustrated throughout. INSCRIBED BY LUCIE RIE To Robin and Heather with much love from Lucie'; JANE COPER INSCRIPTION 'and with much love too from Jane All in good condition. Size 29 x 22cm (11 x 9 inches)Provenance. Eric Yates-Owen Collection who purchased a collection of books and ceramics by Rie and Hans Coper from the collection of Robin and Heather Tanner which was dispersed by Phillips, Bath on 12th February 1996.Robin Tanner, the etcher, educationist and his wife Heather, supported the crafts movement in Britain and formed deep friendship with Lucie Rie and Hans Coper in the early 1950's. Collecting their works and commissioning pieces. In the mid 1960's, Tanner and his wife were instrumental in the founding of the Crafts Study Centre which eventually opened in 1977. First initiated in 1967 with Tanner inheriting a large collection fo work from hand-blockprinter, Phyllis Barron and her partner Dorothy Larcher. Unable to find of home for the extensive collection left by Barron, Museums not interested in crafts. Not wanting to break up the collection, Tanner and Murial Rose, author, expert in crafts, decided to find a permanent home for the collection. Many crafts men and women offered to lodge their work at the centre. The centre opened in 1977, the Tanners also included some of their own archives from other artists forming the initial collection of the Crafts Study Center.

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Title

Lucie Rie Signed By Rie and Jane Coper

Publisher

Alphabooks, A. & C. Black, London

Publication Date

1987

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Hardcover

Illustrator

Lucie Rie

Printing

1st Printing

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Very Good

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very good

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Signed by Illustrator(s)

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