Art Nouveau Ceramic Sculpture Depicting a Lady on a Thonet Chair by Guido Cacciapuoti, Naples, Italy, Early 1900s

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Sculpture depicting a seated lady in eighteenth-century dress, made of stoneware or soft terracotta, clay slightly softened with kaolin, glazed … Read more Sculpture depicting a seated lady in eighteenth-century dress, made of stoneware or soft terracotta, clay slightly softened with kaolin, glazed and entirely decorated by hand, made by the famous ceramist of Neapolitan origin, but working in Milan, Guido Cacciapuoti. The sculpture is signed with a nib directly on the ceramic impasto by the artist, and with a stamp under the base of the art gallery that sold it. The sculpture can be dated to the early decades of the 20th century, around 1920-1930.

Useful information for evaluating the object:
In the last photo we have put some of the highest auction results achieved by Cacciapuoti's ceramics, in which there is a pair of scalars with a large wooden base that reached the remarkable sum of 19,000 euros (22,800 including expenses and 30% auction commission). All this is to give an idea of the value, in general, of the sculptures made by this great master.

Final thoughts on the object:
The most characteristic element of this sculpture is absolutely the coloring in black, a sad, somber color used by Guido Cacciapuoti for a very limited series of ladies made in the year of his wife's death, precisely as a sign of mourning. Also beautiful are the large skirt, the thonet model chair, the beautiful bowler hat and the sensual pose of the lady with large cleavage made even more evident by the fact that on the complexion the dark coloring tends to a very dark green, almost black, but green. Thus, to the beauty of the sculpture is also added its rarity, a piece that cannot be missed in a collection of Guido Cacciapuoti's sculptures.

Information on artist and/or manufacture:
Guido Cacciapuoti, born in Naples in 1892, belongs to an ancient family of majolica makers, from which he learned the secrets of ceramic art. In 1927 he founded the "Grès e ceramiche d'arte" manufactory in Milan with his brother. A very talented modeler, he came to prominence for his beautiful sculptures, especially with animal subjects. In 1930, due to the untimely death of his brother, he remained sole owner of the firm. The manufactory immediately enjoyed great success and became internationally famous. Guido Cacciapuoti, who died in 1953, is considered one of the most important Italian ceramists of the first half of the 20th century. This piece has an attribution mark,
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