Stan Bitters Large Glazed Scratch Planter for Hans Sumpf, 1960s

David Cressey's "scratch" planter for Architectural Pottery. Pro Artisan line, circa 1970's. The glaze is mint green in tone with espresso flecks. It has normal light wear and is...

A large hand thrown planter by ceramist Bob Kinzie for his company Affiliated Craftsmen, California 1960's. The upper portion of the piece has a powder blue tone glaze with espresso ...

A large hand thrown planter by ceramist Bob Kinzie for his company Affiliated Craftsmen, California 1960's. The upper portion of the piece has a yellow tan tone glaze with espresso c...

A large hand thrown planter by ceramist Bob Kinzie for his company Affiliated Craftsmen, California 1960's. The upper portion of the piece has a soft yellow tan tone glaze with espre...

A large hand thrown cylindrical shaped planter by ceramist Bob Kinzie for his company Affiliated Craftsmen, California 1960s. The upper portion of the piece has a neutral tan tone gl...

Willy Guhl planter in original condition. Made from concrete on mesh for Swiss company Eternit, circa 1960's. This massive planter is large enough t...

An abstract unglazed ceramic sculpture by Stan Bitters, c. 2006, USA. This piece features a ribbed green form at the top of the sculpture which ombres dow...

Hand-thrown stoneware planter on circular foot. Warm brown running glaze over light gray glaze on the base and on the inside. Great vintage condition. Denmark, 1960s.

Hand-thrown cylinder planter vase by Danish company Ting Keramik in the 1960s. Speckled earth toned glaze in warm beige, black and brown colors inside and...

One of a kind Stan Bitters ceramic cactus leaf sculpture. Signed "Bitters 05".

A wonderful, unique, beautifully glazed, quite rare, and special double-faced "Haniwa" pottery sculpture by American California studio pottery master ceramists Stan Bitters whose work was instrumental in shaping the organic modernist movement in the 1960s. Bitters received his Bachelor of Arts degree in painting from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1958. He also studied under Peter Voulkos at Otis College. After graduating, he worked for Hans Sumpf as the company's resident artist. During this time he created architectural murals, tiles, birdhouses, planters, and sculptural objects – designs that would earn him recognition later on as a pioneer of the organic modernist craft movement - many still some of the most iconic designs today. Stan Bitters' work was featured as a part of the prestigious California Design series of exhibitions and annuals that chronicled art and design in California from 1954-1976. His works were also featured as part of a group show entitled Golden State of Craft 1960-1985 at the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles, CA. This show was part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980, an unprecedented collaboration of more than 60 museums and other cultural institutions in Southern California, celebrating the birth of the Los Angeles art scene. Bitters' work was also exhibited at Heath Ceramics' Boiler Room...

Light blue/mint glazed Ribbed - Fluted ceramic planter or vase designed by the two brothers Esben & Lauge and manufactured at their workshop Eslau in Denmark during the 1960s. The st...