Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

Harry Ray Stone (1917-2005)

a tall stoneware vase, cylindrical with central ribbed, knopped stem, covered in a tenmoku glaze, impressed seal mark, 60cm. high

Provenance

estate of the artist.

Harry Ray Stone

Ray Stone was born in Ashbourne in June 1917 and from an early age knew he wanted to be an artist. He studied at Derby College of Art and in 1938 won a scholarship to Slade School of Art to study sculpture. Interrupted by war and service as a radio operator - he returned to London in 1946 to complete his diploma. After graduating he returned to Sheffield School of Art where he lectured in both sculpture and ceramics. It was here that he met, taught and supported students including Joanna Constantinidis (lot 270) whose brown vase stood on his desk as a pencil holder and (lot 267) the terracotta by Astrid Zydower which was saved from being destroyed when she moved to London to study at the Royal College of Art.