"Pair Of Ceramic Vases By Louis Giraud, Vallauris Circa 1940."
Pair of vases signed Louis Giraud in Vallauris - Art Deco period. Louis Giraud, born in 1897, was a painter and ceramist in Vallauris where he ran an art pottery workshop producing Art Deco vases and utilitarian ceramics. He notably collaborated with Pyot Thiry, René Maurel, Alexandre Kostanda, and others. When he died in 1985, he left behind a rich and varied body of work. Signed on the base and reverse of the vase.