The coexistence of the Cordey and Cybis studio lines during the 1940s occasionally resulted in some interesting 'crossover' pieces. One such piece is a bust of a bearded elderly man, perhaps a sage, signed MC indicating it was by Marja (a/k/a Maria) Cybis, wife of Boleslaw. This piece sold online in 2011 and these four [...]
Category: 1940s Cybis
The Cybis Angelic Orchestra
Among the unusual 1940s 'papka' composition figures by Cybis is a charming group of six angels, each playing an instrument, called the Angelic Orchestra. They were listed, but not pictured, in the 1971 museum exhibit catalog Cybis in Retrospect. Each angel is approximately 14" high and dates from the earliest years of the Cybis studio. [...]
Another Pair of Ornate Cybis Female-Handle Mugs
The very unusual pair of Cybis lady-handle mugs discovered last year were by no means the only ones that were made, after all. While the previous pair were signed M.B. Cybis, this second pair is signed simply Cybis in the same blue paint. Many thanks to the Archive reader who contacted me with photos of [...]
A Monumental Pair of Cybis Papka Bird and Flower Pieces
Rather than simply add these to the 1940s Papka post, I felt this find was big enough (dimensionally speaking) to deserve its own page. It's also very difficult to find any color photographs of Boleslaw Cybis' papka pieces because the only publication in which some do appear (the 1971 exhibit catalog Cybis in Retrospect) was [...]
1940s Cybis, Part 3: Spatterware and Historical Reproductions
The third category of 1940s Cybis items, and possibly the smallest in terms of actual production, is their reproductions of 19th-century tableware. Produced for only about five years (ca. 1948-1953) these were quite different from anything else produced under either the Cybis or Cordey branding. They can be generally divided into three groups: lusterware, spatterware, [...]
1940s Cybis Porcelain, Part 2: Retail Items
The items that were offered as 1940s retail pieces by Boleslaw Cybis' studio were almost all done in conventional porcelain rather than the clay/plaster 'papka' material seen in 1940s Part One. The retail designs were in many cases a mixture of traditional Old World European and artistic interpretation (albeit not as 'unusual' as much of [...]
1940s Cybis Porcelain, Part 1: Papka and Early Porcelain Designs
The Cybis porcelain studio produced five remarkably different style-genres during the first 30 years of its existence. Three of them belonged to the same decade (1940s) which was also the studio's first. These genres can be loosely grouped as follows: Papka and early porcelain; 1940s retailer items; spatterware reproductions; atypical early 1960s retail; and all [...]
A Pair of 1940s Cybis Lady-Handle Mugs
Although a separate post examines the early (1940s) Cybis porcelain retail pieces, an unusual experimental design from approximately the same period has been discovered. These two items are unusual both in subject and in how they are marked. In the 1940s and 1950s it wasn't unusual for the Cybis studio to utilize molds purchased from [...]
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