ÁGOSTON SIMÓ CHAMOTTE GOAT FIGURINE (HUNGARIAN)

An exceedingly rare ceramic goat figurine by the accomplished Hungarian ceramics artist Ágoston Simó (aka Simó Ágoston).  Created out of a wonderfully grainy chamotte clay and delicately detailed in shades of green, gray, blue, white and brown, the figure stands tall at 12.5" x 7.5" wide, and is truly an impressive work of art. ÁGOSTON SIMÓ (1925-2011) studied at the Hungarian College of Applied Arts from 1943-1949 under ceramics masters:  Miklós Borsos, István Gádor, Elek Molnár and Béla Ohmann.  From 1950 he worked as a designer for the Granite, Stoneware and Porcelain Factory, and between 1952-54 as a designer for the Ceramic Applied Arts Cooperative. He became a freelance artist in 1954. Over the years Ágoston Simó competed in and won numerous applied arts competitions, and his work has been featured in a number of prestigious group exhibitions as well as two solo exhibitions in the early 1970s.  He also participated in the Siklós Ceramics Symposium in 1972 and 1976. Its scope of a