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Period: 1970s
Medium: Ceramic
Resist decorated stoneware bowl.
By Jason Wason
Located in Brecon, Powys
Really lovely bowl by this well collected and exhibited British potter Good condition 17cm high diameter 38cm 1980s
Category

1970s Contemporary Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

John Glick Plum Street Pottery Glazed Bowl Reduction Fired
Located in Detroit, MI
"Untitled" is a stoneware piece with the decorative layer of the rich toned glazes and markings that John was so well-known for. Each piece that John produced was unique. The lip on this piece is slightly scalloped and the shape is removed from the boring circular to mimic a gentle geometric design. He was seduced by the effects of the reduction kiln, which decreased the levels of oxygen during firing, inducing the flame to pull oxygen out of the clay and glazes changing the colors of the glazes depending on their iron and copper content. In this way he achieved the rich gradients of ochre and umber and variations in stippling and opacity. This piece is signed and stamped on the bottom. John was an American Abstract Expressionist ceramicist born in Detroit, MI. Though open to artistic experimentation, Glick was most influenced by the styles and aesthetics of Asian pottery—an inspiration that shows in his use of decorative patterns and glaze choices. He has said that he is attracted to simplicity, as well as complexity: my work continually reflects my re-examination that these two poles can coexist… or not, in a given series. Glick also took influences from master potters of Japan, notably Shoji Hamada and Kanjrio Kawai, blending their gestural embellishments of simple forms with attitudes of Abstract Expressionism. He was particularly drown to the work of Helen Frankenthaler whose soak-stain style resonated with Glick’s multi-layered glaze surfaces, which juxtaposed veils of atmospheric color with gestural marks and pattern. He spent countless hours developing and making his own tools in order to achieve previously unseen results in his work with clay and glaze. Glick’s “Plum Tree Pottery...
Category

1970s American Modern Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

Breathtaking John Glick "Scalloped Basket" Glazed Stoneware Reduction Fired
Located in Detroit, MI
"Scalloped Basket" is a stoneware piece with the decorative layer of the rich toned glazes and markings that John was so well-known for. He was, also, known for the undulating lip lines on his exquisite pieces. The basket portion is shaped with gentle curves and a sculptural handle. Each piece that John produced was unique. He was seduced by the effects of the reduction kiln, which decreased the levels of oxygen during firing, inducing the flame to pull oxygen out of the clay and glazes changing the colors of the glazes depending on their iron and copper content. In this way he achieved the rich gradients of ochre and umber and variations in stippling and opacity. This particular "basket" also has the cool blues and grays that contrast with the umber. It is signed and stamped on the bottom. John was an American Abstract Expressionist ceramicist born in Detroit, MI. Though open to artistic experimentation, Glick was most influenced by the styles and aesthetics of Asian pottery—an inspiration that shows in his use of decorative patterns and glaze choices. He has said that he is attracted to simplicity, as well as complexity: my work continually reflects my re-examination that these two poles can coexist… or not, in a given series. Glick also took influences from master potters of Japan, notably Shoji Hamada and Kanjrio Kawai, blending their gestural embellishments of simple forms with attitudes of Abstract Expressionism. He was particularly drown to the work of Helen Frankenthaler whose soak-stain style resonated with Glick’s multi-layered glaze surfaces, which juxtaposed veils of atmospheric color with gestural marks and pattern. He spent countless hours developing and making his own tools in order to achieve previously unseen results in his work with clay and glaze. Glick’s “Plum Tree Pottery...
Category

1970s American Modern Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

Large Terracotta Sculpture by Evert Lindfors, Sweden, 1970s
Located in Stockholm, SE
For sale: A captivating terracotta sculpture from the esteemed Swedish artist Evert Lindfors (1927-2016), crafted in the 1970s. A connoisseur of fine arts, Lindfors honed his craft a...
Category

1970s Modern Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Zebra
Located in Miami, FL
Victor Vasarely “Zebra” 1977 Porcelain Rosenthal Ed. 2761 of 3000 14 x 12 in
Category

1970s Op Art Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Sonia
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic Titled and signed in the mass under the base polychrome enamel decoration initialled with the initials "SD" on the bottom right diameter : 24.70 cm This plate in Moustiers e...
Category

1970s Abstract Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Untitled
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Victor Vasarely Untitled, c. 1970-79 is a glazed porcelain multiple that is hand-signed by Victor Vasarely (Hungary, 1906 – France, 1997) and is numbered from the edition of 50 on ve...
Category

1970s Op Art Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Untitled Relief
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Victor Vasarely Untitled Relief, 1973 is a Studio Line Rosenthal Porcelain relief with aluminum that is hand-signed by Victor Vasarely (Hungary, 1906 – France, 1997) on verso. Number...
Category

1970s Op Art Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Composition Carrée Relief
Located in Palo Alto, CA
This porcelain Rosenthal relief by Victor Vasarely (Pécs, 1906 - Paris, 1997) has been hand signed by the artist in ink on a label affixed to the reve...
Category

1970s Op Art Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Glaze

Untitled Relief
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Vasarely's skill in creating a sense of the three-dimensional through the use of visual effects is apparent in this work with a combination of recessed and protruding geometrical shapes. Bold black, white, and blue hues accentuate the feeling of volume and space apparent in this marvelous relief. The geometric shapes of circles, squares, and diamonds guide our eye throughout the composition, encouraging us to explore the three dimensional optical effect before us. The total effect of this play on color and shape is visually stunning and impressive in the amount of thought and skill put into the arrangement of design elements. This porcelain Rosenthal relief...
Category

1970s Op Art Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Optisk komposition
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Victor Vasarely Optisk komposition, 1970 is a Studio Line Rosenthal Porcelain relief with aluminum and is hand-signed by Victor Vasarely (Hungary, 1906 – France, 1997) on verso. Numb...
Category

1970s Op Art Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Glaze

Antique Hebrew letters
Located in Jerusalem, IL
The subject of Castel’s early paintings were scenes of Sephardic Jews in the Holy Land. In 1947, Castel helped to found the "New Horizons".In the 1950s Moshe's Castel artwork work was inspired by ancient relief paintings depicting predecessors of the Jewish people...
Category

1970s Abstract Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Signed and Dated, Abstract Wall Sculpture
Located in Newport Beach, CA
A solid, 1974 abstract, incised glazed ceramic plaque by listed Italian artist, Marcello Fantoni (1915-2011). Select public collections: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Bro...
Category

1970s Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

Ceramic Plate by Master Art Forger David Stein after Pablo Picasso Vallauris
Located in Surfside, FL
Apres Pablo Picasso (bears a pseudo signature recto) Hand signed David Stein, dated 1979 verso. Figural painted porcelain or ceramic serving dish, oval form. Dimensions: 18" X 14 David Stein (born Henri Haddad, 1935, Alexandria, Egypt – died 1999, Bordeaux, France) was an artist (notorious art forger) who, until 1966, had been frequently sentenced for theft by the French courts before becoming an art forger and art dealer with 15 aliases. Stein often copied paintings in the style of the masters. For example, he studied Marc Chagall, Matisse, Braque, Paul Klee, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau and Rouault, in order to copy their color scheme and inspirations. In 1967 Marc Chagall notified authorities of forgeries of his work hanging in a New York gallery, and Stein was arrested. Art dealers refused to cooperate with the prosecution because it would have incriminated them and made their expertise in the art field questionable. Some art collectors refused to give up their paintings as evidence. Stein was convicted of six counts of art forgery and grand larceny. During his prison term, Joseph Stone, the judge who arrested him, brought him to his office to paint. He remained a good friend of the Stein family long after Stein completed his jail sentence. In 1989 he discovered that Stein never stopped making forgeries. After Stein had served his prison term in the United States, he was deported to France where he served another term. Prison authorities allowed him to make further paintings, although now using his own name. In 1969 a London gallery sold some of these paintings. After Stein was released, he returned to painting, this time selling his paintings under his own name to put a mask on his real activities. The book Three Picasso's Before Breakfast (Mémoirs of an Art Forger's Wife) by Anne Marie Stein as told to Georges Carpozi Jr (Hawthorn Book Inc) was written by David's life partner Anne-Marie about their experiences in the art world. In the mid 1980s director Gil Cates gave his agent Arthur Axelman at William Morris a copy of the book which had been written without Stein's involvement. Axelman set out to find Stein and after several years he located him in Manhattan. Stein became an Axelman client and friend. While deals at HBO and ABC did not lead to production of a film, Axelman introduced Stein to Keith Carradine and Alan Rudolph, director of the movie "The Moderns" with ultimately starred John Lone, Géraldine Chaplin, Keith Carradine and Linda Fiorentino. The film was set in the Paris of the '20s although filmed in Montreal. Stein appeared in the film as an art critic and provided all of the art. A minor concern was a scene where a painting in the style of Matisse and Modigliani was to be burned on camera and a Modigliani destroyed by knife. No one cared to destroy any of Stein's copies, "Just good for the camera" say Stein. but a William Morris assistant for agent Axelman suggested making large format copies of the works to be destroyed. Stein refused and during the scene actor John Lone destroyed the Paintings. Stein was living in France after his troubles with the US immigration who had told him to leave US territory in 1988. He met the French photo...
Category

1970s Modern Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Enamel

Torso Vessel (Fish Head Woman)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jim Leedy “Torso Vessel” (Fish Head Woman) Stoneware Sculpture, Glaze Year: 1979 Size: 34.75 x 16 x 11 Signed COA provided Ref.: 924802-1364 Jim Leedy was a...
Category

1970s American Modern Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware

Eclipse
Located in Paris, FR
Porcelain Edition : 397/900 Publisher : Artcurial Diameter: 29 cm Inside diameter (in the back): 18 cm LCD5312
Category

1970s Abstract Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Zebra
Located in Miami, FL
Victor Vasarely, (Pécs, Hungary 1908 - 1997 Annet-sur-Marne, France), painter and graphic artist of Op Art, since 1964 freelancer for the Rosenthal company. Annual plate "Zebras," Ed...
Category

1970s Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Large Frimkess Jar (INV# NP3747)
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Michael Frimkess Large Frimkess Jar from the Instant Migration Series (INV# NP3747) stoneware, underglaze, glaze, and decal 28.5 x 8 x 8" 1977 signed ...
Category

1970s Contemporary Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze, Underglaze

Ceramic Sculptural Piece -- Untitled (Athletic Theme)
Located in Troy, NY
This ceramic wall-mounted sculpture features an athletic theme. The blue figure seems to be in a discus position and the horizontal figure is in motion. The geometric motifs give thi...
Category

1970s Contemporary Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

Stoneware pot by Bo Kristiansen (1944-1991)
Located in Fresno, CA
Stoneware pot by Danish Artist/Ceramicist, Bo Kristiansen (1944-1991) A rotund and weighty stoneware pot in true Kristiansen style, (though uncharacteris...
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Cup and Saucer by Irv Tepper
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Irv Tepper Cup and Saucer porcelain, glaze 3.25 x 5.25 x 5.25" circa 1975 signed VERY RARE.
Category

1970s Contemporary Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Glaze, Porcelain

"Volti (Faces)", Colorful Ceramic Pottery Charger, Psychological Nature Work
Located in Detroit, MI
"Volti", Italian for the word "faces", is a playful ceramic pottery charger that makes an exquisite table piece or decorative object to hang for any home due to it colorful and natur...
Category

1970s Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Terracotta Sculpture by Evert Lindfors, Sweden, Similarities with A.Giacometti
Located in Stockholm, SE
Terracotta Sculpture by Swedish artist Evert Lindfors (1927-2016), made in the 1970s. Evert moved to France in the 1940s where he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He wo...
Category

1970s Modern Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Modernist Ceramic Platinum-Plated Crouching Man Sculpture by Jaru, circa 1970
By Jaru
Located in New York, NY
This Modernist ceramic sculptures depicts an abstracted and cubist human form sitting cross legged with his back bent forward and arms outstretched. The sculpture, realized by Jaru o...
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Rosenthal Plate, Limited Edition Ceramic by Otto Piene
Located in Long Island City, NY
Decorative Rosenthal ceramic plate produced in collaboration with artists Otto Piene from 1973. A modern design in Piene's abstract modernist style. Porcelain plate with box and sign...
Category

1970s Modern Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Rosenthal Ceramic, Limited Edition Porcelain Plate
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Rosenthal decorative plate created in collaboration with German artist Gunter Fruhtrunk dating from 1974. A modern design in Fruhtrunk's c...
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Goat - Terracotta Sculpture by Mario Porcù - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Goat is a terracotta sculpture realized by the sculptor Mario Porcù (Villamassargia, 1917 – Savona, 2001) in 1970s. Signed on the base: M. Porcù Good conditions except for some ...
Category

1970s Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

"Egg (rust-color), " Small Orange & Black Ceramic Sculpture by Alain Ramie
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Egg (rust color)" by Alain Ramie is a ceramic sculpture of an egg, as the title might suggest. The rust and black striped surface has a glossy finish. Ar...
Category

1970s Post-Modern Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

"Egg, " Blue-gray Ceramic Egg with Diamond Pattern by Alain Ramie
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Egg" is an original ceramic sculpture by Alain Ramie. It is 2 3/4" high and was created around 1974. Alain Ramie created ceramic sculptures in the shape o...
Category

1970s Other Art Style Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

seated man, '70s - clay sculpture, 36x30x23 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
Sculpture made of clay depicting a seated man in a cubist way
Category

1970s Modern Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Clay

Abstraction
Located in Greenwich, CT
Abstract terracotta sculpture
Category

1970s Abstract Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Enrico Embroli Mixed Media Sculptural Canvas Ceramic 1970's Rare Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original unique mixed media painting and sculptural creation by well listed artist Enrico Embrolli. Enrico Embroli is a mixed media artist born in the small Western New York town...
Category

1970s Conceptual Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Animal Skin, Oil

Abstraction
Located in Greenwich, CT
Abstract terracotta sculpture
Category

1970s Abstract Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

In the Piazza
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sculpture of 3 figures sitting on a bench
Category

1970s Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Clay

Sculpture In The Form Of A Bicycle Saddle
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Claes Oldenburg Sculpture In The Form Of A Bicycle Saddle 1976 Glazed brown ceramic with mahogany base and sand 14 x 8 1/2 x d: 8 1/2 in. Edition of 36 Signed...
Category

1970s Pop Art Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Tabletop Flask/Vase, Unique Artist's Ceramic, circa 1970
Located in Long Island City, NY
This ceramic sculpture is circa 1970 and offers an expressionistic view of a large flask. The geometric abstract pattern that separates the two tones lends a modern element to a cla...
Category

1970s Modern Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Venise
Located in Paris, FR
Porcelain, 1979 Edition : 433/900 Publisher : Artcurial, Paris Height: 26 cm Width: 25.5 cm Depth: 11 cm The exaltation of color, combined with form and rhythm, so dear to Sonia Del...
Category

1970s Abstract Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Small White Closed Form bt Toshiko Takaezu (INV# NP5038)
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Toshiko Takaezu Small White Closed Form (INV# NP5038) porcelain and glaze 5 x 6.25 x 5.5" date unknown signed Toshiko Takaezu (June 17, 1922 – March 9, 2011) was an American cerami...
Category

1970s Contemporary Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Glaze

Full Tea Service by Ruth Duckworth (INV# NP3746)
By Ruth Duckworth
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Ruth Duckworth Full Tea Service (INV# NP3746) stoneware and glaze teapot: 8.25 x 7 x 3.5” creamer: 3.25 x 2 x 2.25” sugar bowl: 1.5 x 3.25” approx. cup: 3 x 2.5 x 1.75” approx. saucer: .75 x 4.5 x 4.5” circa 1972 signed RWD Ruth Duckworth (1919-2009) was born in Hamburg, Germany as the youngest of five children. The daughter of a Jewish woman, Duckworth had to leave Nazi Germany for her studies in sculpture and drawing, attending the Liverpool College of Art in 1936. She later studied at the Hammersmith School of Art, the City and Guilds of London Art School, and the Central School of Arts and Crafts. She joined the faculty of the University of Chicago in 1964 and, upon retiring from the university in 1977, moved her studio space to a former pickle plant in Lakeview, Chicago. Her work is featured at such institutions as the Art Institute of Chicago; Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Windsor Castle, England; Stuttgart Museum, Germany; National Museum of Modern Art, Japan; Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, The Netherlands, Philadelphia Museum of Art; The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; National Museum of Scotland; Kestner Museum, Germany; Schleswig Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Germany; Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Germany; City Museum, Bassano Del Grappo, Italy; Buckingham County Museum, England; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Utah; American Craft Museum , New York; Los Angeles County Art Museum, California; Evanston Public Library, Illinois; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Most recently, Ruth Duckworth had a major exhibition at Salon 94...
Category

1970s Contemporary Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze

Untitled Ceremonial Pot
By Rob Sieminski
Located in Morton Grove, IL
White stoneware
Category

1970s Modern Ceramic Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware

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