Pot with two handles

After training as a painter in Sydney, Australian artist Anne Dangar lived in Paris from 1926 to 1928. There she discovered the cubist painting of Albert Gleizes and his theoretical approach to art, a real revelation for her. In 1930, she moved to Moly-Sabata, in Sablons (Isère), where Gleizes had set up a community of artists and craftsmen living of their craft. Anne Dangar gave up painting to devote herself to pottery. She made utilitarian objects with rustic shapes and geometric or floral motifs, as well as large pieces whose designs were inspired by Gleizes' paintings.
This two-handled pot in glazed terracotta has a geometric design in a cameo of ochre and green. The graphic treatment of the surface, accentuated by the work on the relief, and the size of this ceramic make it one of the exceptional pieces of her production.