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Laura Andreson Signed Large Glazed Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Pottery Vase, 1940

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A fantastic, wonderfully drip glazed large vase by renowned American potter Laura Andreson. Gorgeous in design and color.
Signed, dedicated and dated (1940) on the base by Andreson.
An almost exact copy of this vase is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Would be a great addition to any midcentury ceramics collection or a very eye-catching Stand alone work.
Andreson, who studied under Glen Lukens, founded and headed the ceramics department at UCLA from 1933-1970. Her work can be found in many collections and museums worldwide including:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Smithsonian Museum of American Art
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Walker Art Center
The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art.
Her exhibitions include:
1937 Rene Rosenthal Gallery, New York City, New York
1938 First California Ceramic Exhibition, San Diego, California
1940 Honolulu Academy of Art
1947 Eleventh National Ceramics Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Art
1970 Fredric Art Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
1970 Laguna Beach Art Gallery
1971 Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, California
1971 Hoover Art Gallery, San Francisco, California
1971 San Diego Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego, California
1971 Utah State University, Logan, Utah
1972 Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California
1972 Ceramics West, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
1972 Ogden Art Center, Ogden, Utah
1972 Bower Museum, Santa Ana, California
1973 Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, Utah
1973 Clay and Fiber Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
1973 California Crafts VIII, Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California
1974 California Ceramics and Glass, The Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California
1974 Palace of the Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco, California
1976 California Design, Los Angeles, California
1977 California Women in Crafts, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California
1979 A Century of Ceramics in the United States, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
1982 Mingei International Museum, La Jolla retrospective[9]
2016 Lighting the Fire: Ceramics Education in the American West, Nora Eccles-Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Vase dimensions: 10" high, 5.75" diameter.
- Creator:Laura Andreson (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 10 in (25.4 cm)Diameter: 5.75 in (14.61 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1940
- Condition:In very good vintage condition with a minuscule, almost imperceptible glaze flake on inside of rim and a few more further down inside vase (The exterior/outside of vase is impeccable. Please see photos). Gorgeous overall.
- Seller Location:Studio City, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2254318633242
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