Vintage Rare Clement Giorgi Studio Pottery Brutalist Stoneware Vase, Circa 1960s/70s.

Slim yet substantial asymmetrical body with a jagged opening at the head alongside a raised mouth. Lends well to style with your favorite dried branches or sculpturally on its own. Fired with hues of greens, blues, grays and muted clay. Incised “Giorgi” on the underside.

"Clement C. Giorgi was born in Massachusetts in 1911. He attended the Cleveland Institute of Art. His work revolved around clay and metals, especially in making copper-red glazed stoneware in his Cleveland Studio. Giorgi’s wife, Fern, and his son, David were also artists and involved in operating the Giorgi Studio and Garden Center in Cleveland. The journalist, Helen Borsick wrote the following about Giorgi: “I saw some of the pieces in progress, raw and unfired, in nude shades of pink and clay gray, in Georgi’s studio, and watched him work. I never saw a happier slave. Giorgi talked about having fun with color. He seemed to look upon glaze formulas as keys to adventure, and to regard accidents and surprises in the kiln excitedly, as gambler’s odds. Evolving shapes of wet clay seem alive as human forms”. Clement Giorgi passed away in 1974 from heart ailment." - Canton Museum of Art

Condition: Excellent vintage condition, no notable flaws

Size Me Up: 10” height, 8” width, 4” depth