Name: Louis Mendez Hand Made Symbolic Stoneware Head Sculpture
Brand: Louis Mendez
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Louis Mendez Hand Made Symbolic Stoneware Head Sculpture

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About the Item

Louis Mendez (American, 1929-2012) handmade ceramic pottery head sculpture with applied symbols. Piece measures 16" by 10.5" by 4.5" and is signed "Mendez." In very good vintage 1960s condition showing very little sign of wear. The following was taken from the artists website with thanks: Louis Mendez was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan of Puerto Rican, Spanish and Irish heritage. He spent his early years in Spanish Harlem, where his family owned a restaurant at 108th and Madison. In the mid-1930's, his family sold the business and moved to Goshen, NY, where his high school teachers recognized his unusual talent in drawing and sculpture. Louis went on to earn BFA ('52) and MFA ('54) degrees from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Pottery was only the starting point of his adventures in clay. From the 1960s onward his output included masks, wall-reliefs, mosaics, and freestanding sculptures both large and small. As the physical dimension and artistic expression of his work evolved, Louis developed his signature "Spanish Handbuilding Technique," using highly textured slabs, whose surface designs are suggestive of archetypal images that tend to recur across many ancient cultures. An acknowledged master of his medium, his awards included a Louis Comfort Tiffany grant for the design and development of large-scale ceramic art in architecture (1964), The Carlton Atherton Memorial Award from the Columbus Gallery of Fine Art (1966), The Skillbecks Purchase Award at Springfest in Charlotte, NC (1985), First Prize for Sculpture from the Bruce Museum (1998), an Audubon Artist's Society award for sculpture (1999), and a Lorenzo il Magnifico award for sculpture at the 2001 Florence Biennale. His work is included in many museum collections worldwide.

Creator:
Louis Mendez (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 16 in (40.64 cm)Width: 10.5 in (26.67 cm)Depth: 4.5 in (11.43 cm)
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Stoneware,Hand-Crafted
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
1960-1969
Date of Manufacture:
1960s
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. In very good vintage 1960s condition showing very little sign of wear.
Seller Location:
Palm Springs, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU1046631066332

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