ELIZABETH FRITSCH: A SPECIAL PRESENTATION
CATALOGUE OF WORKS FOR SALE
ELIZABETH FRITSCH: A SPECIAL PRESENTATION
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.
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
Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips
Height 35cm (13 3/4”) Width 23cm (9”) Depth 4 5cm (1 3/4”)
£ 55,000
Piano Pot with Counterpoint, Black Diamonds, 1978
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
1991
Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips
Height 33.2cm (13 1/8”) Width 8cm (3 1/8”) Depth 5cm (2”)
£ 33,000
Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips
Height 30.5cm (12”) Width 18.7cm (7 3/8”) Depth 10.2cm (4”)
£ 38,000
Left: Spout Pot, River and Moon,
Right: Vase Collision, Water of Greenness, 1990
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
H.15 5cm (6 1/8”) W. 13cm (5 1/8”) D. 7 5cm (3”)
£ 16,000
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”)
£ 18,000
Sky Time VI, 2013
Hand-built stoneware with coloured
H. 42cm (16 1/2”) W. 20 5cm (8
£ 42,000
coloured slips
8 1/8”) D. 13cm (5 1/8”)
Sky Time, Reversible Pyramid, 2010
Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips
H. 27 5cm (10 7/8”) W. 21 5cm (8 1/2”) D. 12cm (4 3/4”)
£ 38,000
Sky Time, Bowl, circa 2010
Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips
H. 10 5cm (4 1/8”) W. 24 5cm (9 5/8”) D. 8cm (3 1/8”)
£ 18,000
Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips
Height 14cm (5 1/2”) Width 17 5cm (6 7/8”) Depth 5 5cm (2 1/8”)
£ 12,000
Optical Cup, 2005
Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips
Height 17 2cm (6 3/4”) Width 17 5cm (6 7/8”) Depth 8 5cm (3 3/8”)
£ 12,000
Left: Optical Cup, 2005
Right:
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
White
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
Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips
Height 28 5cm (11 1/4”) Width 23 5cm (9 1/4”) Depth 12 5cm (4 7/8”)
£ 12,000
Hand-built stoneware with coloured slips
Height 22cm (8 5/8”) Width 19 5cm (7 5/8”) Depth 10 5cm (4 1/8”)
£ 10,000
Left: Wave, Sky Road II, 1998
Right: Wave, Sky Road I, 1998
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
Lachrymatory, Piano Rhythms, 1987
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
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
Jazz Piano Pot II, 1975
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.
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Installation View from Dynamic Structures: Painted Vessels, National Museum Cardiff, Wales, 2010
Elizabeth Fritsch solo exhibition in association with Adrian Sassoon
