VALENTINE SCHLEGEL (1925-2021) Large free-standing earthenware and chamotte vase resting on three high legs; light grey enamel. Three removable lead vases form receptacles for flowers, matching the openings in the upper part. Signed on one foot. Circa 1956 (Small chips, cracks and missing parts) Height 47.5 cm - Width 43 cm - Depth 38 cm A vase in coil-mounted clay and chamotte earthenware, light grey enamel. Three removable vases in lead forming flowers containers. Signed (Small chips, cracks and lacks). 18 3/4 x 16 7/8 x 15 in. PROVENANCE : Private collection, Sète EXHIBITION : Galerie La Demeure, 12-31 January 1957 BIBLIOGRAPHY : Die Frau, September 1957, n° 85, pp. 86-87 "La Maison de Rosalie", Editions Sébastien Moreu and Atelier Daguerre, 2020, p. 24 Succession Agnes Varda - Fonds Agnes Varda - Deposited with the Institut pour la photographie & Courtesy of Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris - Brussels