ELIZABETH FRITSCH: A SPECIAL PRESENTATION

ELIZABETH FRITSCH: A S P E C I A L P R E S E N T AT I O N CATALOGUE OF WORKS FOR SALE

ELIZABETH FRITSCH: A S P E C I A L P R E S E N T AT I O N CATALOGUE OF WORKS FOR SALE JUNE 2025

To celebrate the major solo show Elizabeth Fritsch: Otherworldly Vessels at The Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire (open until spring 2026), Adrian Sassoon presents a selling exhibition of rarely seen works by Elizabeth Fritsch CBE. The carefully considered selection of over thirty pieces, includes several masterpieces and covers every decade of her career, from the 1970s through to the early 2010s.

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Counterpoint Vase, Red Flying Cubes, circa 2008 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips Height 40.5cm (16”) Width 28cm (11”) Depth 6cm (2 3/8”) £ 60,000

Deep Bowl with Spirals, Order and Chaos, 1987 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips Height 20.5cm (8 1/8”) Width 30cm (11 3/4”) Depth 26.5cm (10 3/8”)

£ 26,000

Reversible Ziggurat, 1999 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips Height 20.2cm (8”) Width 27.5cm (10 7/8”) Depth 23.5cm (9 1/4”) £ 30,000

Leaning Tower II, 1999 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips Height 20cm (7 7/8”) Width 13.5cm (5 3/8”) Depth 9cm (3 1/2”) £ 20,000

Piano Pot with Counterpoint, Black Diamonds, 1978 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips Height 35cm (13 3/4”) Width 23cm (9”) Depth 4.5cm (1 3/4”)

£ 55,000

Spout Pot with Gold Banding, 1995 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips Height 34.5cm (13 5/8”) Width 5cm (2”) Depth 15cm (5 7/8”)

£ 23,000

Counterpoint Vase, circa 1991 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips Height 40cm (15 3/4”) Width 19cm (7 1/2”) Depth 7cm (2 3/4”)

£ 30,000

Ruby My Dear, Five Part Counterpoint Vase, Homage to Thelonious Monk, 1993 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips Height 31cm (12 1/4”) Width 12cm (4 3/4”) Depth 7.5cm (3”) £ 42,000

Left: Spout Pot, River and Moon, 1991 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips

Right: Vase Collision, Water of Greenness, 1990 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips

Height 33.2cm (13 1/8”) Width 8cm (3 1/8”) Depth 5cm (2”)

Height 30.5cm (12”) Width 18.7cm (7 3/8”) Depth 10.2cm (4”)

£ 33,000

£ 38,000

Blown Away, Crescendo Cup, circa 1991 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips Height 24cm (9 1/2”) Width 10cm (3 7/8”) Depth 6cm (2 3/8”) £ 28,000

Counterpoint Vase, Cubist Vase with Möbius Loop, 1998 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips Height 36cm (14 1/8”) Width 18cm (7 1/8”) Depth 8cm (3 1/8”) £ 44,000

Sky Time, Cubic Vessel I, 2011 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips

Sky Time VI, 2013 Hand-built stoneware with c

H.15.5cm (6 1/8”) W. 13cm (5 1/8”) D. 7.5cm (3”)

Sky Time, Cubic Vessel II, 2011 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips H. 12.5cm (4 7/8”) W. 18cm (7 1/8”) D. 5cm (2”)

£ 16,000

£ 18,000

£ 42,000

H. 42cm (16 1/2”) W. 20.5cm (8

coloured slips

8 1/8”) D. 13cm (5 1/8”)

Sky Time, Reversible Pyramid, 2010 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips

Sky Time, Bowl, circa 2010 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips

H. 27.5cm (10 7/8”) W. 21.5cm (8 1/2”) D. 12cm (4 3/4”)

H. 10.5cm (4 1/8”) W. 24.5cm (9 5/8”) D. 8cm (3 1/8”)

£ 38,000

£ 18,000

Left: Optical Cup, 2005 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips

Right: Optical Cup, 2005 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips

Height 14cm (5 1/2”) Width 17.5cm (6 7/8”) Depth 5.5cm (2 1/8”) Height 17.2cm (6 3/4”) Width 17.5cm (6 7/8”) Depth 8.5cm (3 3/8”) £ 12,000

£ 12,000

White Horn Vase, 2008 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips Height 54.5cm (21 1/2”) Width 26cm (10 1/4”) Depth 19cm (7 1/2”)

£ 38,000

Rocking Bowl, 1974 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips Height 9.5cm (3 3/4”) Width 15cm (5 7/8”) Depth 12cm (4 3/4”) £ 9,800

Rocking Bowl, 2002

Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips Height 11.5cm (4 1/2”) Width 38.2cm (15”) Depth 15.7cm (6 1/8”) £ 18,500

Left: Wave, Sky Road II, 1998 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips

Right: Wave, Sky Road I, 1998 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips

Height 28.5cm (11 1/4”) Width 23.5cm (9 1/4”) Depth 12.5cm (4 7/8”)

Height 22cm (8 5/8”) Width 19.5cm (7 5/8”) Depth 10.5cm (4 1/8”)

£ 12,000

£ 10,000

Two-Faced Vase, 2004

Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips Height 39cm (15 3/8”) Width 15.5cm (6 1/8”) Depth 10cm (3 7/8”) £ 38,000

A Muscular Fennel, 2024 Crystalline-glazed stoneware Height 44cm (

/8”) Width 33cm (13”) Depth 29cm (

17 3

£ 35,500

Lachrymatory, Piano Rhythms, 1987 /8”)

11 3

Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips Height 35cm (13 3/4”) Width 11cm (4 3/8”) Depth 5.2cm (2”) £ 35,000

Left to Right: Dark Vase, circa 2005 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips Height 47cm (18 1/2”) Diameter 13.7cm (5 3/8”) £ 38,000

Leaning Vessel, Night Sky, circa 2002 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips Height 48.5cm (19 1/8”) Width 27.2cm (10 3/4”) Depth 11.8cm (4 5/8”) £ 40,000

Leaning Tower, 1999 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips Height 41cm (16 1/8”) Width 13cm (5 1/8”) Depth 14cm (5 1/2”) £ 28,000

Leaning Tower, 1999 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips Height 28.5cm (11 1/4”) Width 13.5cm (5 3/8”) Depth 10.5cm (4 1/8”) £ 26,000

Spout Pot, Dark Windows, 1994 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips Height 27.6cm (10 7/8”) Width 14.5cm (5 3/4”) Depth 4cm (1 5/8”) £ 35,000

Jazz Piano Pot II, 1975 Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips Height 28.5cm (11 1/4”) Width 18.5cm (7 1/4”) Depth 6cm (2 3/8”) £ 64,000

Each work of art is accompanied with a certificate of authenticity signed by Elizabeth Fritsch.

Some works have original firing cracks, which are inherent in the nature of construction and often the result of the multi-firing process favored by Elizabeth Fritsch.

Condition reports are available for each work of art.

8 HEADFORT PLACE LONDON SW1X 7DH (by appointment) +44 (0)20 7581 9888 email@adriansassoon.com www.adriansassoon.com

Installation View from Dynamic Structures: Painted Vessels, National Museum Cardiff, Wales, 2010 Elizabeth Fritsch solo exhibition in association with Adrian Sassoon