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Glen Lukens Signed Midcentury Blue with Gold Crackle Glazed Ceramic Pottery Bowl
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A rare and likely early work featuring a blue or green with gold flecks crackle glaze by influential Mid-Century Modern ceramist Glen Lukens whose work has become very collectible and relatively scarce and difficult to find.
The work is signed by Lukens on the underside.
Lukens was the founder of the University of Southern California (USC) Architectural School’s Ceramics Department where he helped establish and promote clay pottery as a universally acceptable art form. The current popularity of Studio Pottery and ceramics is widely accepted to have started with Lukens who is oft credited with being one of the first artists to raise the stature of Mid-Century Modern Studio Pottery within the art world.
Lukens is famed for his experiments with various glazes and glazing techniques. His influence and glazes can be clearly seen in the works of Otto and Gertrud Natzler, Beatrice Wood, James Lovera, etc... Today he is known primarily for his combining of bright, colorful glazes with the rough and raw surfaces of his vessels.
Lukens currently has an award in his name (Glen Lukens Award) at the University of Southern California's School of Fine Arts.
This piece would be a tremendous stand-out addition to any Mid-Century Modern ceramics collection.
Lukens work can be found in various museum collections including:
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California
Dimensions: 3" high, 5" diameter.
- Creator:Glen Lukens (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 3 in (7.62 cm)Diameter: 5 in (12.7 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
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- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:Mid-1900s
- Condition:In good vintage condition with a firing crack on the underside (Clearly in the making. Does not come through our show when the bowl is displayed) else no chips or other cracks and light if any wear (please see photos). A rare work overall.
- Seller Location:Studio City, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2254316311501
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