A founding member of the U.A.M. (Union des Artistes Modernes), Robert Lallemant began to take an interest in ceramics in the 1920s, a medium he learned about from Raoul Lachenal (1885-1956). Working in materials such as earthenware and stoneware, he exhibited his creations - to great critical acclaim - at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs and the Salon d'Automne, before leaving them to join the Union des Artistes Modernes in 1929, of which he was a founder. The ceramics he produced were marked by their formal freedom and the graphics of their decorations, which demonstrate the modernity and originality of his vision. Inspired by the lines of the Art Deco movement, geometric shapes appeared on the surface of his works, as on this lamp and this pair of ovoid vases with their characteristic stepped patterns. Lallemant eventually gave up ceramic production in 1933. Although short-lived, his creative period in the medium nevertheless bears witness to the artist's great modernity.